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- From: mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: Borland C++ 3.1 problem under DOS
- Message-ID: <1993Jan7.170927.29270@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
- Date: 7 Jan 93 17:09:27 GMT
- References: <1993Jan5.083609.4987@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
- Organization: Texas Instruments Inc
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- In <1993Jan5.083609.4987@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> skwok@nyx.cs.du.edu (Stephen Kwok) writes:
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- >I have installed Borland C++ 3.1 on my PC, but I have problem when
- >running BC.EXE under DOS, my machine will hang whenever I run BC.EXE.
- >But when I start up the compiler under Window 3.1, I believe it is
- >BCW.EXE, it works. Any idea or comment on what the problem is?
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- >Machine config: Intel 486DX-33, 8M memory, Trident TVGA 8900C, 200M HD
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- >Thanks for any help in advance.
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- Do you have EMS386.sys or a similar EMS memory provider installed?
- The newer Borland C++ compilers *require* 2BM of accessible memory.
- Your problem may be that Windows provides EMS services but you don't
- have an EMS provider installed when you aren't inside Windows.
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