My name is Peter Vangsgaard from Denmark (Copenhagen). I was born in 1973, so I was around 11 years old in 1984 when I got my very first computer and started programming a bit of BASIC. Later on in school, we learned Comal 80 on a Danish-produced Piccoline, and Pascal entered the picture some years later when I acquired my first DOS PC. Terminal environments have always appealed deeply to me, which naturally led to a long-lasting appreciation for Linux and Unix, both of which feel even more powerful than DOS ever was. While I enjoy writing Python scripts as part of my everyday work, it is Pascal that remains the most entertaining and fun for me to work with at home.
Today, I use a dedicated MiSTer FPGA setup as my hardware-accurate DOS machine, it's not blazing fast with a performance like a 486sx33 but it's good enough for my pascal projects. I use it to program classic Turbo Pascal. I bought it fully assembled from a webshop in Portugal....it is certainly not cheap, but it is outstanding, high-quality hardware. Aside from that, Linux is what I spend most of my time tinkering with. To help preserve this fascinating era of computing, I am also a proud member and supporter of Dansk Datahistorisk Forening (The Danish Data Historical Museum).
I program as a hobby, and Linux and FreePascal are my great interests. Alongside modern implementations, I have a deep passion for DOS environments and old school Turbo Pascal programming.
For my personal pastime projects, which are primarily small, terminal-based simulation programs built for my own entertainment and fun, I prefer using FreePascal. In many ways, FreePascal shares the robust, type-safe and memory-secure nature of Rust, but it is a much more battle-tested and mature ecosystem. The syntax is clean, remarkably easy to read and highly structured, which naturally helps to minimize errors.
Even though it is a language you do not hear much about in mainstream tech media today, Pascal remains a surprisingly popular and efficient language. Software is still actively built in Pascal worldwide, proving that its foundational principles of clarity and speed are as relevant now as they were in the classic era.
There is not much content on this website right now, but over time, more details and tools might be added if I feel some of the things I create could be fun or useful for others to try. For the time being, this domain is primarily used for email services.
Feel free to reach out:
Email: peva@ttylabs.org
Phone: +45 60 53 53 93