levin@world.std.com (Levin F Magruder) (06/12/91)
I'm going to be replacing my old 8088 with a 386 of some type. What I want to know is, given that I'm going to be writing programs of modest size to run under windows, using the newest version of the Turbo C compiler (I probably won't be using C++, ever), 1. Should I get more than 1 meg of RAM (I won't be using the machine for anything other than programming, I might start working in Paradox as well as c.) 2. Any recommendation for memory management utility? Do any of the popular ones conflict with the debugger drivers (the version of C I have has a driver called td386.sys). 3. I take it from what I read that Borland now gives you a usable editor with C. If this is untrue, what's the best cheapie/freebie editor to run under windows? 4. Any recommendations of brands of 386 machines that are on sale or whatever would be appreciated, but the prices are probably all
phil@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Phil Howard KA9WGN) (06/12/91)
levin@world.std.com (Levin F Magruder) writes: >I'm going to be replacing my old 8088 with a 386 of some type. What >I want to know is, given that I'm going to be writing programs of >modest size to run under windows, using the newest version of the >Turbo C compiler (I probably won't be using C++, ever), >1. Should I get more than 1 meg of RAM (I won't be using the machine >for anything other than programming, I might start working in Paradox >as well as c.) Go for more megs. It's cheap enough and likely worth it. Windows can sure use it. Are you going to be doing your programming work while under windows, or just start up windows to test things? Of the former, then certainly you will want the extra megs. Go for at least 4 megs. >2. Any recommendation for memory management utility? Do any of the >popular ones conflict with the debugger drivers (the version of C I >have has a driver called td386.sys). Sorry. I am still in learning mode on this one. >3. I take it from what I read that Borland now gives you a usable >editor with C. If this is untrue, what's the best cheapie/freebie >editor to run under windows? Editors are a matter of taste. I plan to purchase Epsilon because I am familiary with the EMACS command set.... unless someone has already ported GNUEMACS to 386 pc's, or has a nice flexible one in C. >4. Any recommendations of brands of 386 machines that are on sale >or whatever would be appreciated, but the prices are probably all I have a Gateway 2000 386 system on order now (with 4 megs standard). There are several good brands on the market. No one is perfect and they all have their glitches. We have several Gateway 2000 systems here and they are all performing fine. If you need the machine NOW, you might be better off ordering a standard configuration from a place like ZEOS, although those are usually 512K so you would need more memory you can install. -- /***************************************************************************\ / Phil Howard -- KA9WGN -- phil@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu | Guns don't aim guns at \ \ Lietuva laisva -- Brivu Latviju -- Eesti vabaks | people; CRIMINALS do!! / \***************************************************************************/
catfood@NCoast.ORG (Mark W. Schumann) (06/17/91)
phil@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Phil Howard KA9WGN) writes: >Editors are a matter of taste. I plan to purchase Epsilon because I >am familiary with the EMACS command set.... unless someone has already >ported GNUEMACS to 386 pc's, or has a nice flexible one in C. Try MicroEmacs 3.11. It's available from LISTSERV@VM1.NODAK.EDU or by ftp. >I have a Gateway 2000 386 system on order now (with 4 megs standard). My Gateway at work is okay, but watch out for the DOS 3.3 they ship it with. On mine you cannot delete a file whose name begins with X. Coincidentally, the XCOPY command always errors out by saying that a file named 'X' is not found. Go figure. -- ============================================================ Mark W. Schumann 3111 Mapledale Avenue, Cleveland 44109 USA Domain: catfood@ncoast.org UUCP: ...!mailrus!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!ncoast!catfood