smelser@wanginst.UUCP (Craig Smelser) (03/06/86)
(1) Is it true that the Microsoft Basic Compiler and Interpreter do not
support the 8087 math co-processor? If so, does anyone know of any
compiler & interpreter sets that do?
(2) When a Microsoft Compiled Basic (CBASIC) program is loaded to run, it
appears that the first thing the CBASIC runtime libraries do is find
out how much memory is in the machine, and then relocate the data area
of the program to the high end of memory (apparently leaving a gaping
hole in the middle of memory).
Why is this done? How can a CBASIC program shell another program if
this is done? Do all Basic compilers do this? Is there any NEAT way
around this?
Please respond to me by mail or by phone. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance....
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Craig Smelser
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