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echo: pascal
to: DAVID CHORD
from: ALLEN WALKER
date: 1998-04-15 22:15:00
subject: In case anyone is interested...

 AW>> And while we're on the "topic" of pascal, I made a program to
 AW>> detect all pascal programs that would be subject to the pentium
 AW>> crash bug, in all directories, and apply the patch I recieved from
 AW>> Eddy Jansson (the easiest solution in the short term, thanks to
 AW>> others for their patches as well) interactively.
 AW>> Does anyone want it?
 DC> YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 DC> Oh, does the patch affect non-pentium systems or do they still operate
 DC> normally? I don't want to release 2 versions of an exe, one for pents 
nd
 DC> one for non-pents.
It appears to double/triple the length of actual "Delay" code. If you use 
something other than Delay() then you should be fine to use the rest of the 
CRT unit.  See previous messages for Delay() replacements, or write one 
yourself.
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