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- From: tony@necta.nec.com.tw (Anthony S. H. Lee)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: C++ Power Pack (Borland)
- Date: Mon, 08 Jan 96 19:34:41 GMT
- Organization: NEC Taiwan Ltd.
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- In article <4cift4$ii5@news.worldlinx.com>,
- stupy@freenet.durham.org (Steve Tupy) wrote:
- >: > Has anyone used the C++ Power Pack for DOS C++ from Borland? Any idea
- how
- >: > long it's been out there? I have a couple of developers interested in
- it.
- >: >
- >: What exactly does this power-pack do, and is it available for
- >: BCOS2 v.2.0 ?
- >
- > It is an extender for DOS basically but includes such things as
- >Turbo Vision and a few linker goodies. In essence, it has a different linker
- >altogether. It has been on the market for 2 years now and is a GREAT piece
- >of work as it offers seamless protected mode in 16 and 32 bits and does not
- >require lots of attached modules in order to run, only one RTM program..
- >
- >
- Yes, I have purchased one copy 1 years ago.
-
- It has features about DLL support on DOS!
- a DOS extender (16bit/32bit)
- broken stupid INTEL v86 or real model's 64K segment)
- Turbo Vision
- new 32 bit BGI-drives
- These interface is similar as Win32 API!
- In fact, Borland "emulated" subset of Win32 API by Run-Time Manager(RTM)
-
- All these supports 16bit/32bit modules
-
- If you installed it, you can see new target platforms on
- pull-down list (in New Project Window): DOS 16bit/DOS 32bit
-
- GREAT FOR DEVELOPING COMPUTER GAMES/DOS GUI.....
-
- tony
-
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