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- From: jamie@eri.erinet.com (James F. Clark III)
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- Subject: Re: Borland c/c++ 3.0 for dos...
- Date: 22 Jan 1996 11:11:12 -0500
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- ryan m hanson (rmhanson@students.wisc.edu) wrote:
- : I am looking to buy a good beginner C compiler, one that must be able to
- : operate on a 286.
-
- Try looking on a SimTel mirror. I found three:
-
- SimTel/msdos/c/pcc12c.zip "Personal C compiler. Fully functional, C WARE"
- SimTel/msdos/c/ccompile.zip "Small 'C' compiler"
- SimTel/msdos/c/mc302pc1.zip "MICRO-C PC 'C' compiler v3.02"
-
- I don't know anything about these compilers, but they asre free
- to try out. I'd do that instead of spending money on a
- out-of-date product.
-
- The US SimTel mirrors are:
-
- Concord, CA: ftp.cdrom.com (192.216.191.11)
- Urbana, IL: uiarchive.cso.uiuc.edu (128.174.5.14)
- Rochester, MI: OAK.Oakland.Edu (141.210.10.117)
- St. Louis, MO: wuarchive.wustl.edu (128.252.135.4)
- Norman, OK: ftp.uoknor.edu (129.15.2.20)
- Corvallis, OR: ftp.orst.edu (128.193.4.2)
- Salt Lake City, UT: ftp.pht.com (198.60.59.5)
-
- : Here at the university they offer borland c/c++ 3.0 for dos for 40$.
-
- : My question is...is this a good starting compiler, will it surfice once I
- : progress in skill and in computer availability?
- : The box says the minimum requirements is a 286....
-
- : and to run the programers platform it requires 1-2M extended ram.
-
- : I have a 286 w/ 1M ram (can't find memory expanders :)).
- : Will this compiler run sufficiently enough for me in command line mode? For
- : right now?
-
- BCC 3.0 is a good compiler for the DOS environment. I run BCC
- 3.1 command line compiler in a DESQview window with only 640K
- and no extended ram, and it works fine for me. There are drawbacks
- to being stuck on a 286 with 1MB thou. I believe that you would
- have trouble using the full featured debugger. And you'll need it
- to track out some aspects of the C language that you may have
- not fully understood since you wouldn't be able to run the IDE's
- (aka the programmers platform) integrated debugger. But If you
- want a professional package, then the price is right for BCC 3.0.
- But you should invest in a home 486/66. They run for about $800
- now, and would allow you to run today's software.
-
- I know it's hard to find commerial software for the 286 DOS
- environment. I recently gave an old 286/12 with 1MB and EGA
- display to my mother-in-law. Luckly, I had software to give
- her that would run on her system. But It was hard finding
- Quicken for DOS this past Christmas for her. I ended up finding
- Quicken for DOS v8.0 in a mark down bin at Software ETC for about
- $20. This is the first exposure to computers for her. She's
- still learning the keyboard and how to do a Alt-X and Ctrl-D.
- Really consider investing in a low end 486. Believe me, you
- don't want to be searching all over creation for some commerial
- software that will run on a 286 any more.
-
- : Thank you...
- : Ryan
-
- Your Welcome,
-
- Jamie
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