28 Jan 16 00:45, you wrote to James Coyle:   
      
    >> Free Pascal isn't going to compile everything Virtual Pascal does   
    >> without changes.  If you want code that works across many platforms,   
    >> Free Pascal is the only way to go.   
      
    VC> Wil it compile TP (Turbo Pascal) code and if so will it compile inline   
    VC> assembler?   
      
   FPC will compile TP syntax but some things have to be done differently (eg:   
   direct bios table access)... it does do inline assembly, IIRC... i know it   
   does its own... i don't recall what ASM format it does, though...   
      
    VC> I have the Filemgr program that was used with that compiler and my   
    VC> knowledge of Pascal is to put it mildly now very rusty.   
      
   it is a free download... there is a DOS oriented flavor... i think it requires   
   one of those mem386 type memory managers, though... there's also been some   
   work done for supporting the i386 model but i don't know how far that has   
   come... that may work for older machines without need for special memory   
   stuffs...   
      
   there's also a forum and some mailing lists... i much prefer the mailing   
   lists...   
      
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