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  Re: Wanted: Apple Pascal "Wirth" flowchart poster underlord55@gmail.com - 2016-01-31 15:17 -0800
    Re: Wanted: Apple Pascal "Wirth" flowchart poster "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2016-01-31 17:22 -0600
      Re: Wanted: Apple Pascal "Wirth" flowchart poster Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-01-31 22:31 -0500
    Re: Wanted: Apple Pascal "Wirth" flowchart poster "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-02-01 13:03 +1100
    Re: Wanted: Apple Pascal "Wirth" flowchart poster "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2016-02-02 00:40 -0600

#158400 — Re: Wanted: Apple Pascal "Wirth" flowchart poster

On Tuesday, July 18, 2000 at 5:00:00 PM UTC+10, Charles Eicher wrote:
> For many years, I've been seeking a particular relic from my professional
> programming past, I figured maybe someone in this newsgroup might have seen one
> or know where to get one (or even an image of one).
> 
> Long ago (1980?) I used to have a poster produced by Apple hanging on my office
> wall above my workstation. It had the entire scheme of Pascal laid out in
> flowcharts, using the flowchart notation from Wirth's Pascal book. It was
> incredibly useful, everything you needed to know was all in one place, if you
> had the chart you never needed to use any reference books. And it was a
> beautiful piece of graphic art too, nicely printed in bright color on a black
> background. Alas, I left the company and did not manage to escape with the
> poster, they were highly prized since they were so useful.
> 
> I would consider paying a relatively insane amount of money to obtain one of
> these posters. I expect it to be impossible to obtain, but I figured it couldn't
> hurt to ask around.

DIY? - http://pascal-central.com/images/pascalposter.jpg

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#158403

<underlord55@gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:894978e1-f1d1-42af-92c8-aff179617a7c@googlegroups.com...
> On Tuesday, July 18, 2000 at 5:00:00 PM UTC+10, Charles Eicher wrote:
>> For many years, I've been seeking a particular relic from my professional
>> programming past, I figured maybe someone in this newsgroup might have 
>> seen one
>> or know where to get one (or even an image of one).
>>
>> Long ago (1980?) I used to have a poster produced by Apple hanging on my 
>> office
>> wall above my workstation. It had the entire scheme of Pascal laid out in
>> flowcharts, using the flowchart notation from Wirth's Pascal book. It was
>> incredibly useful, everything you needed to know was all in one place, if 
>> you
>> had the chart you never needed to use any reference books. And it was a
>> beautiful piece of graphic art too, nicely printed in bright color on a 
>> black
>> background. Alas, I left the company and did not manage to escape with 
>> the
>> poster, they were highly prized since they were so useful.
>>
>> I would consider paying a relatively insane amount of money to obtain one 
>> of
>> these posters. I expect it to be impossible to obtain, but I figured it 
>> couldn't
>> hurt to ask around.
>
> DIY? - http://pascal-central.com/images/pascalposter.jpg

If you got a decent Usenet server you wouldn't be tempted to respond to a 
message from 2000 AD. 

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#158439

On Sun, 31 Jan 2016, Osmium wrote:

> <underlord55@gmail.com> wrote in message 
> news:894978e1-f1d1-42af-92c8-aff179617a7c@googlegroups.com...
>> On Tuesday, July 18, 2000 at 5:00:00 PM UTC+10, Charles Eicher wrote:
>>> For many years, I've been seeking a particular relic from my professional
>>> programming past, I figured maybe someone in this newsgroup might have 
>>> seen one
>>> or know where to get one (or even an image of one).
>>> 
>>> Long ago (1980?) I used to have a poster produced by Apple hanging on my 
>>> office
>>> wall above my workstation. It had the entire scheme of Pascal laid out in
>>> flowcharts, using the flowchart notation from Wirth's Pascal book. It was
>>> incredibly useful, everything you needed to know was all in one place, if 
>>> you
>>> had the chart you never needed to use any reference books. And it was a
>>> beautiful piece of graphic art too, nicely printed in bright color on a 
>>> black
>>> background. Alas, I left the company and did not manage to escape with the
>>> poster, they were highly prized since they were so useful.
>>> 
>>> I would consider paying a relatively insane amount of money to obtain one 
>>> of
>>> these posters. I expect it to be impossible to obtain, but I figured it 
>>> couldn't
>>> hurt to ask around.
>> 
>> DIY? - http://pascal-central.com/images/pascalposter.jpg
>
> If you got a decent Usenet server you wouldn't be tempted to respond to a 
> message from 2000 AD. 
>
"What do ya mean?  A decent Usenet server wouldn't be keeping 15 year old 
messages".

One man's feature is another man's bug.

   Michael

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#158427

<underlord55@gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:894978e1-f1d1-42af-92c8-aff179617a7c@googlegroups.com...
> On Tuesday, July 18, 2000 at 5:00:00 PM UTC+10, Charles Eicher wrote:
>> For many years, I've been seeking a particular relic from my professional
>> programming past, I figured maybe someone in this newsgroup might have 
>> seen one
>> or know where to get one (or even an image of one).
>>
>> Long ago (1980?) I used to have a poster produced by Apple hanging on my 
>> office
>> wall above my workstation. It had the entire scheme of Pascal laid out in
>> flowcharts, using the flowchart notation from Wirth's Pascal book. It was
>> incredibly useful, everything you needed to know was all in one place, if 
>> you
>> had the chart you never needed to use any reference books. And it was a
>> beautiful piece of graphic art too, nicely printed in bright color on a 
>> black
>> background. Alas, I left the company and did not manage to escape with 
>> the
>> poster, they were highly prized since they were so useful.
>>
>> I would consider paying a relatively insane amount of money to obtain one 
>> of
>> these posters. I expect it to be impossible to obtain, but I figured it 
>> couldn't
>> hurt to ask around.
>
> DIY? - http://pascal-central.com/images/pascalposter.jpg

He's likely to have resolved the problem in the 15 years since he asked. 

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#158593

<underlord55@gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:894978e1-f1d1-42af-92c8-aff179617a7c@googlegroups.com...
> On Tuesday, July 18, 2000 at 5:00:00 PM UTC+10, Charles Eicher wrote:
>> For many years, I've been seeking a particular relic from my professional
>> programming past, I figured maybe someone in this newsgroup might have 
>> seen one
>> or know where to get one (or even an image of one).
>>
>> Long ago (1980?) I used to have a poster produced by Apple hanging on my 
>> office
>> wall above my workstation. It had the entire scheme of Pascal laid out in
>> flowcharts, using the flowchart notation from Wirth's Pascal book. It was
>> incredibly useful, everything you needed to know was all in one place, if 
>> you
>> had the chart you never needed to use any reference books. And it was a
>> beautiful piece of graphic art too, nicely printed in bright color on a 
>> black
>> background. Alas, I left the company and did not manage to escape with 
>> the
>> poster, they were highly prized since they were so useful.
>>
>> I would consider paying a relatively insane amount of money to obtain one 
>> of
>> these posters. I expect it to be impossible to obtain, but I figured it 
>> couldn't
>> hurt to ask around.
>
> DIY? - http://pascal-central.com/images/pascalposter.jpg

Supposedly there are problems with this poster.  See:

http://www.pascal-central.com/pascal-syntax.html

-- 

numerist at aquaporin4 dot com

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