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title: "The Pascal Page"
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excerpt: "In the first Pascal demonstrations and workshops we used a compiler called \"QL Pascal” from Metacomco. This system provides a screen editor, a compiler, and a linker, each as a separate file. It takes two microdrive cartridges and an EPROM to run the system."
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  - name: "CATS Newsletter"
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  - name: "Type-in program"
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  - name: "Sinclair QL"
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  - name: "Duane Parker"
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  - name: "Duane Parker"
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volume: "7"
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  - id: 38905
    title: "CATS v7 n9"
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pages: "6, 8"
pubdate: "January 1990"
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---

# The Pascal Page

In the first Pascal demonstrations and workshops we used a compiler called “QL Pascal” from Metacomco. This system provides a screen editor, a compiler, and a linker, each as a separate file. It takes two microdrive cartridges and an EPROM to run the system.