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- From: tpradeep@cs.tamu.edu (Pradeep K Tapadiya)
- Subject: Converting MSC 7.0 code to MSC 8.0 - Help
- Message-ID: <1992Nov6.170046.3826@tamsun.tamu.edu>
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- Organization: Computer Science Department, Texas A&M University
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 17:00:46 GMT
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- Howdy netters,
-
- Finally managed to install NT and the new `C' compiler on my machine.
-
- After playing around with one of the examples, sample.c, I realize
- that a program compiled with the new version is not limited to 640K
- under the new dos-box. Now I wish to recompile our existing "dos-based"
- `C' code for the new environment so that I can happily do some
- more mallocs without worrying about any limitations.
-
- Chapter 1 in PROGTECH notes interchangeably talks about 16 bit and
- 32 bit compilation, which is kind of confusing. Can someone please
- enlighten me on the following questions?
-
- 1.I don't see any support for the old graphics functions (graphics.lib).
- Are there any equivalent functions for them? The on-line help still
- provides help on these functions (drawing lines and rectangles, etc).
-
- 2. Can I produce 16 bit code with the new version and use the old
- graphics.lib? This way I can get some more memory for my application.
-
- 3. Or can I use the old 16 bit compiler and linker and do "something"
- so that the application doesn't choke on 640K limit and still everything
- else remains the same?
-
- 4. Any other suggestions?
-
- Thank you for your help. If need be, I'll summarize the responses on
- the net.
-
- Pradeep
- tpradeep@cs.tamu.edu
-