                    RECOMMENDED ORDER OF STUDY.
                    ===========================

The tutorial can conveniently be studied in three sections; introduction,
intermediate and advanced. Subsequently the companion tutorial OOPTUTOR
can be used to study object-oriented programming and Turbo Vision.

Some of the notes shown in LIST.TXT are provided as additional reference
material and need not form part of the recommended course of study
indicated below:

Introduction.
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     PRINCIPS.TXT  }   The structure of Turbo Pascal programs.
     STRUCT.TXT    }

     The Integrated Development Environment (IDE) should then be studied
     using the program TPTOUR.EXE provided by Borland (In the appropriate
     Turbo Pascal directory, just type TPTOUR).

     INOUT.TXT         The standard input and output procedures.

     VARIABLE.TXT      Variable types used in Turbo Pascal.

     PROCFUNC.TXT      The use of procedures and functions.

     COMPDIR.TXT       Compiler directives.

     DEBUG.TXT         Program errors and debugging.

     Much of this introductory material involves an interrelation between
     the various sections and it may be necessary to have more than one
     text file open at one time. This is easily achieved by repeated use
     of the keypresses Alt-N and O to select the Notes submenu option OPEN
     and then selection of the appropriate files using the Tab key and the
     arrow keys followed by pressing ENTER. Once more than one window is
     open, the several windows may be 'tiled' by the keypresses Alt-W and T
     or the required window may be selected by Alt-1, 2, 3,...etc.


Intermediate.
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     INC&UNIT.TXT      Include files, units and overlays.

     SYSDOS.TXT        The System and DOS units.

     REGS.TXT          The function and use of Registers.

     FILES.TXT         Turbo Pascal files.

     RECORDS.TXT       Record type variables.


Advanced.
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     HEAP&PTR.TXT      Dynamic memory management and Pointers.

     GRAPHICS.TXT      Graphics procedures and functions.

     --------------------------------------------------------------

The file MSDOS.TXT need only be studied by those who are not familiar with
the computer operating system (DOS).

COMPORT.TXT provides information for those who wish to use the communication
ports and to send or receive information from external devices.

ASSEMBLY.TXT and INLINE.TXT relate to assembly language inclusion in Turbo
Pascal programs. The companion tutor ATUTOR provides additional information
about Turbo Assembler.

MEMMAP.TXT provides further information about memory addressing, augmenting
the notes on dynamic memory management.

PRINTER.TXT adds to the information on communication to the printer ports.

The remaining files: ADA&C.TXT, FUTURE.TXT, COMPAT.TXT and FILECONV.TXT
are provided only as supplementary material about other languages, the
future of computing, compatibilty of hardware and the conversion of files
between different formats.

The companion tutor CTUTOR may be used to study Turbo C, which can be
relatively easily learnt by those familar with Turbo Pascal.

ORDER.TXT
12.2.93
