How to Find and Use Vintage Versions of Turbo Pascal

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Familiarize yourself with history of Borland.

   It's fascinating to learn what happened to it during these years.
   
   You'll find out, in particular, that in 2006 it changed its name to CodeGear, and in 2008 it became Embarcadero.
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   Step 2: Don't go to pirate version sites.

   Since 2001, Borland makes it possibly to legally download three vintage versions of Turbo Pascal for free:
   1.0,
   3.02 and
   5.5.
   
   Unfortunately, the most recent version,
   7.0, is not among them.
   
   But you shouldn't worry.
   
   Turbo Pascals
   3.02 and
   5.5 have one thing that newer versions don't: turtle graphics, like in Logo language.
   
   Very useful in some cases! ,,
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   Step 3: Download Turbo Pascal 1.0 here

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   Step 4: and/or Turbo Pascal 3.02 here

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   Step 5: and/or Turbo Pascal 5.5 here;

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   Step 6: Use the programs on your main Linux machine with Dosemu or Dosbox

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   Step 7: and/or on a dedicated vintage machine running FreeDOS.

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