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From an anonymous source: Delphi 8 Update #2 should be out within a week.
Delphi 8 Update 2 delivers new demos, and updated source code, so check out the changes in the source and demos directory.
Note: Delphi 8 Update 2 is not Delphi 8 Service Pack.
A method to design records so that they're allocated on a specific byte boundary, such as 16 bytes, 512 bytes, 4096 bytes, etc.