Yes, there are very few posts at this group.

In the past, I've asked the same question, but no one has ever
provided a reply. Perhaps I wasn't specific enough, so I will attempt
to outline my "problem" once more.

I reviewed Turbo Pascal version 1.0 when it first came out, and
decided to stick with UCSD Pascal, a now-defunct language which
quickly died on the vine due to the outrageous royalty fees asked for
by the UCSD board of directors.

When Vs. 2.0 came out, I switched to it, and continued to upgrade
until version number last hit the streets. I originally started
program in a little known Pascal language years before the Pc was
invented. I was programming in TPL under the DX10 operating system
which was a proprietary product of Texas Instruments, back in the days
when they actually manufactured mini-computers and even mainframes. I
was blessed owning a mini, with 64K of RAM and two 8" floppy drives (2
megs per disk.) An optional 5 Meg hard drive was available for a mere
$25,000, which included an air conditioned cabinet!!!

TPL was a language that came with an extensive library of routines,
which greatly simplified programming tasks. After the demise of Texas
Instruments computer division, I hired a junior programmer, and
together, we created a very rich library of sub-routines for Turbo
Pascal 2.0 Granted, many of the ideas were not original, as they came
right out of the TPL play book. Many of my ideas were subsequently
incorporated in Turbo Pascal, because I freely shared them with anyone
interested.

But much to my surprise, the bottom fell out, and Turbo Pascal
essentially ceased to exist. Windows took over the marketplace, and
DOS based programs were dismissed, or even impossible to run on a
Windows computer, even in a MS-DOS window.

So now we get down to my ultimate question: It seems that Delphi is
the replacement product for Turbo Pascal. I am seeking someone who
had at least some moderate level of knowledge and skill in Turbo
Pascal, and is currently writing code in the greatest and latest
Borland programming language.

Sadly enough, I have yet to find such a person.

By the way, I did write a few CAD/CAM programs using an old MS-DOS Pc
running 6.22, along with Turbo Pascal, version last. These were
"proof of concept" programs that I later paid someone to "translate"
into more modern languages that did not use a Pc, or Pascal. They
were written in "Forth", and language that goes way beyond anything I
would care to even begin to understand (reverse Polish logic, etc.)

As I see it, the biggest problem with Windows applications, at least
in terms of active CAD/CAM applications, is that it won't run in real
time. Example: if I have a piece of material rotating on a lathe, I
can't trust Windows to remember that it's top priority is my work
piece. I don't need it to go into hybernation mode, or start
downloading an update at a critical juncture in my process.

So can Delphi, or whatever Borland has to offer these days, get around
this issue?

For that matter, has anyone in this forum ever even wrote some code
using Delphi?

Any insights would be greatly appreciated.

Aloha from Hawaii,
Glenn