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fpcFree Pascal: the compiler and its packages.bogen85 10-19-2022 02:13

yes. original go live date was going to be like 2nd Saturday in November, but will likely be sooner

gcarreno 10-19-2022 02:13

Kewl, kewl!!!

gcarreno 10-19-2022 02:13

In the meantime, waiting for a 12MB upload of a message with image :(

gcarreno 10-19-2022 02:13

My line is utter shaite!!

bogen85 10-19-2022 02:14

yeah, I see it in your status. interesting it is taking so long... Plus across the Atlantic and into central US.

gcarreno 10-19-2022 02:15

Canceled that one !!

gcarreno 10-19-2022 02:16

Having some nostalgic fun!!

bogen85 10-19-2022 02:16

https://extravm.com/ there are several other locations for the provider we went with (But we are not tied permanently to this one)

gcarreno 10-19-2022 02:16

AH HA, lighter image !!

bogen85 10-19-2022 02:16

heh, cool :D

gcarreno 10-19-2022 02:17

And now for the docked version, gimme a sec :)

bogen85 10-19-2022 02:17

So if Lazarus runs on XP, it likely runs on ReactOS?

gcarreno 10-19-2022 02:18

Refresh my memory, please. The ReactOS name is familiar but I'm struggling to retrieve the full meaning of it...

bogen85 10-19-2022 02:19

https://reactos.org/ basically a free Windows 2003 clone

gcarreno 10-19-2022 02:20

@bogen85 AH, yes, thanks !!!

bogen85 10-19-2022 02:20

I tried it in the last couple years. It was alright, but I could not get the latest SDKs for what I was trying to do.

bogen85 10-19-2022 02:21

But if I was going to use it with FPC to develop windows apps, that would fine, don't need all the latest .NET stuff that is required just for msvc stuff on windows...

gcarreno 10-19-2022 02:22

Yeah, .NET is always a pain in the arse when it's not packages by default :(

gcarreno 10-19-2022 02:22

Now recompiled with docked. Took me a while, LOL!!! :rofl:

gcarreno 10-19-2022 02:23

Now to press F9 on this one :P

gcarreno 10-19-2022 02:25

Yeap!! Not as fast as a newer machine, but yeap, it does run :)

gcarreno 10-19-2022 02:25

Now to get some GitHub projects downloaded and compiled :)

gcarreno 10-19-2022 02:26

I think I should probably attempt to install this on this machine.

bogen85 10-19-2022 02:26

I see you are active on Discord. I'm in V working on my FPC stuff.

bogen85 10-19-2022 02:26

I have no idea how ReactOS works on real hardware... I only tried it in a VM.

gcarreno 10-19-2022 02:27

I've attempted to install a shitload of options but the USB ports are almost all done for and I'm struggling with DNS and Samba :(

bogen85 10-19-2022 02:27

ah.... My post made it reditt :D

bogen85 10-19-2022 02:27

not by me!!!!

gcarreno 10-19-2022 02:28

Yeah, I'm quite active on Discord. I quite like/prefer the Interface compared with IRC and/or Slack :)

bogen85 10-19-2022 02:28

Well, I'll see where that goes :D

gcarreno 10-19-2022 02:29

Eheheh

bogen85 10-19-2022 02:31

I figure if serious people want to discuss it, they will sign up on the Lazarus forums

bogen85 10-19-2022 02:32

There was some drama going on on my Laz post... (I had the moderators delete the drama)

gcarreno 10-19-2022 02:32

Yeah, drama :(

gcarreno 10-19-2022 02:57

Hummm, this XP is the home edition and it's giving me head aches due to not being the pro...

gcarreno 10-19-2022 02:57

Need to get the drivers out and then try to re-install my old copy of the pro one :)

gcarreno 10-19-2022 02:58

I wonder if the CD/DVD thing still works, LOL!!

bogen85 10-19-2022 02:58

if ReactOS "works" (keyword if) that might get around some of those issues... but big IF

gcarreno 10-19-2022 02:59

Yeah!!

gcarreno 10-19-2022 02:59

Found my official XP cd...

gcarreno 10-19-2022 03:00

But just realised that CD door sticks :(

bogen85 10-19-2022 03:00

hmm.... someone used it as cup holder? Or a cat used it as a launch step?

gcarreno 10-19-2022 03:30

I'm guessing all of the above since I got it this way from some anonymous donor...

gcarreno 10-19-2022 03:30

But it's stuck on the closed position :(

bogen85 10-19-2022 03:31

hmm.... and the paper clip hole reset is not working?

bogen85 10-19-2022 03:31

well, mechanical reset

gcarreno 10-19-2022 03:32

I'm 52, been sedentary for past 5-6 years and my knees are killing me, so I got my IDE hard drive enclosure and a spare CD drive :P

Matthius 8-2-2024 04:41

Here is french book to learn Lazarus : https://archive.org/download/Scribels/LAZARUS%20FREE%20PASCAL%20-%20Matthieu%20Giroux.odt

TonyStone 10-29-2026 19:31

Anyone interested in a small component package with a little companion program that gives your applications built in self updates and bug reporting abilities with minimal code?