Last version of Brief (for DOS and OS/2, not Windoze), was 3.1. -----Original Message----- From: Steve Ridley To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Date: Tuesday, September 14, 1999 1:00 am Subject: Re: [OT] Re: MChip F___ Up! I don't want to fan this fire but since we have raised the topic of Borland dropping products. Does anybody know whatever happened to Brief the editor. Originally by Underware, subsequently bought by Borland then shelved. As far as I know. Steve -----Original Message----- From: Dan Creagan To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Date: Tuesday, September 14, 1999 8:09 AM Subject: [OT] Re: MChip F___ Up! >Depends on which source you are talking about. Many things >don't transfer. Borland libraries (the infamous T series) >are examples. Much of what doesn't come across is due to >upgrading to ANSI and not keeping the pseudo-Borland >standards. However, much is just dropped. > >If you wrote to ANSI standards, then you were probably OK - >there are exceptions. If you used Borland specific >libraries, you have a bit of recoding to do. > >Dan > >>>BTW, what products have they abandoned? I'm guessing that >you're >>>referring to their Turbo products? >> >>Which happen to have been replaced by Borland products that >accept the same >>source code just fine... >> >