Hello David!

Sunday March 17 1996 18:06, David Muir wrote to Keith Thomson:

 DM>     I wouldn't know.. Speed gamma 1.5 won't even compile this (on my
 DM> system)..

 DM> Program WRIT;
 DM> uses wincrt;
 DM> begin
 DM> writeln('HELLO');
 DM> end.

This is because Windows support was removed from the Gamma, It was only in
Beta 4-5, You tried to use the Windows CRT... (Afaik)

 KT>> A small DLL... And it doesn't even need to be placed by the
 KT>> user.. having it in the same directory as the program tends to
 KT>> work fine.

 DM>     It wouldn't work for my intended purpose, as one of the first
 DM> things my program does is to change directories. If the DLL, offered
 DM> any siginificant improvement, I would use it. And the sorry fact is
 DM> that I could replace it with the 16bit API calls, if I was happy with
 DM> the rest of the package. However I'm not and what i need I'm getting
 DM> from VP.

well, If THD had an install program.......

 KT>> Yeah, 1.0 of Speed isn't good, It was rushed because of everyone
 KT>> pushing them to get it released right then... So they released it
 KT>> and went back to improving it.. Besides, I got it for about
 KT>> 160$US less than VP's retail :)

 DM>     The price is the only selling point that gets my attention.
 DM> Otherwise, I'm simply not impressed. But many others (such as
 DM> yourself) have better results than do I. And I wish them the best.
 DM>     Methinks though that this is a little offtopic, and since we're
 DM> destined to disagree on this one, lets let it sit..

whaever.... BTW, I'm using Thdpro now, I  think i'm going to send u some $
as soon as i get the scanner added to the BBS, (right now it's only tagged
into my file manager...)

Keith

... I think so brain, But if we didn't have ears, We'd look like WEASELS!
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