W8SDZ@Simtel20.ARPA (06/19/84)
From: Keith Petersen <W8SDZ@Simtel20.ARPA> Relayed from the RCPM Sysop Clearinghouse: From: DAVE HOLMES To: ALL Re: LINKING LONG BASIC PROGRAMS Sometime ago I placed an inquiry here about problems I was having linking long basic programs in the 25-29k range. I was getting out of memory aborts from the link process. I talked to Microsoft customer support and there only solution was to make the program smaller. This was my Oxgate BB program that I had previously linked under version 5.2 of Bascom. I asked Microsoft if they had any linker products for sale that would link from disk. They said NO!! but quite by accident I found that the linker LD80 supplied with their Cobol package would work fine. I have used it on large Fortran and Basic programs with good results. Why do you suppose Microsoft doesn't know about their own products? I hope this info will help someone else struggling along. Lifeboat didn't know either or were not telling. They offered to sell me at $350 PLINK. Oh well Live and learn. Dave Holmes (k4umi)