peter@sugar.UUCP (Peter da Silva) (06/19/88)
In article ... hunt@tramp.Colorado.EDU (HUNT LEE CAMERON) writes: > Maybe not weird, but from my experiences people who have C compilers are > far and few between. Not to mention that you really need more that 512K > to compile large programs. It's nice, but I developed all the game playing and most of the graphics code for tracers with a 512K amiga and two drives. You do need that second drive. Karl had 4 MEG for the incredible audio code and the utility routines (like IFF reading and copy protection), but I was able to compile the whole thing (his code and mine) on said 512K amiga with two drives, even compiling each file into RAM:, copying it back to df1:, and then linking into RAM:. Tracers is not a small program. So, not only did I have enough RAM to compile with 512K, I had enough RAM to compile to the RAMdisk. So much for "you really need more than 512K". Of course I would truly *hate* to lose my second-hand 4 MEG board now, but an Amiga with 512K is quite usable. -- -- `-_-' Peter (have you hugged your wolf today?) da Silva. -- U Mail to ...!uunet!sugar!peter, flames to /dev/null. -- "A foolish consistancy is the hobgoblin of little minds".
hunt@tramp.Colorado.EDU (HUNT LEE CAMERON) (06/20/88)
In article <2149@sugar.UUCP> peter@sugar.UUCP (Peter da Silva) writes: >In article ... hunt@tramp.Colorado.EDU (HUNT LEE CAMERON) writes: >> Maybe not weird, but from my experiences people who have C compilers are >> far and few between. Not to mention that you really need more that 512K >> to compile large programs. > >It's nice, but I developed all the game playing and most of the graphics code >for tracers with a 512K amiga and two drives. You do need that second drive. >Karl had 4 MEG for the incredible audio code and the utility routines (like >IFF reading and copy protection), but I was able to compile the whole thing >(his code and mine) on said 512K amiga with two drives, even compiling each >file into RAM:, copying it back to df1:, and then linking into RAM:. > >Tracers is not a small program. > >So, not only did I have enough RAM to compile with 512K, I had enough RAM to >compile to the RAMdisk. So much for "you really need more than 512K". Ok, I stand corrected. But if you try to do the same thing with a TDI Modula-2 compiler, you definately DO need more than 512K (although this probably stems from the fact that TDI's compiler is so bad that it shouldn't even be public domain). I admit I was speaking from my experience from TDI's compiler. But I still don't have the money for a C compiler. (Incidently, which kind of compiler do you have? How much did it cost? I'd like to know for future reference.) > >Of course I would truly *hate* to lose my second-hand 4 MEG board now, but >an Amiga with 512K is quite usable. >-- >-- `-_-' Peter (have you hugged your wolf today?) da Silva. >-- U Mail to ...!uunet!sugar!peter, flames to /dev/null. >-- "A foolish consistancy is the hobgoblin of little minds". (This is blank space because our stupid server is set-up to only accept acticles that have more new text than old) ! ! ! Lee Hunt University of Colorado @ Boulder INET: hunt@tramp.Colorado.EDU Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: More than 512K? (Re: comp.binaries.amiga (was Re: Picture swap)) Summary: Expires: References: <8806161902.AA16559@cory.Berkeley.EDU> <417@jc3b21.UUCP> <6714@sigi.Colorado.EDU> <2149@sugar.UUCP> Sender: Reply-To: hunt@tramp.Colorado.EDU (HUNT LEE CAMERON) Followup-To: Distribution: na Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder Keywords: binaries, useful, C, compiler Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: More than 512K? (Re: comp.binaries.amiga (was Re: Picture swap)) Summary: Expires: References: <8806161902.AA16559@cory.Berkeley.EDU> <417@jc3b21.UUCP> <6714@sigi.Colorado.EDU> <2149@sugar.UUCP> Sender: Reply-To: hunt@tramp.Colorado.EDU (HUNT LEE CAMERON) Followup-To: Distribution: na Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder Keywords: binaries, useful, C, compiler Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: More than 512K? (Re: comp.binaries.amiga (was Re: Picture swap)) Summary: Expires: References: <8806161902.AA16559@cory.Berkeley.EDU> <417@jc3b21.UUCP> <6714@sigi.Colorado.EDU> <2149@sugar.UUCP> Sender: Reply-To: hunt@tramp.Colorado.EDU (HUNT LEE CAMERON) Followup-To: Distribution: na Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder Keywords: binaries, useful, C, compiler In article <2149@sugar.UUCP> peter@sugar.UUCP (Peter da Silva) writes: >In article ... hunt@tramp.Colorado.EDU (HUNT LEE CAMERON) writes: >> Maybe not weird, but from my experiences people who have C compilers are >> far and few between. Not to mention that you really need more that 512K >> to compile large programs. > >It's nice, but I developed all the game playing and most of the graphics code >for tracers with a 512K amiga and two drives. You do need that second drive. >Karl had 4 MEG for the incredible audio code and the utility routines (like >IFF reading and copy protection), but I was able to compile the whole thing >(his code and mine) on said 512K amiga with two drives, even compiling each >file into RAM:, copying it back to df1:, and then linking into RAM:. > >Tracers is not a small program. > >So, not only did I have enough RAM to compile with 512K, I had enough RAM to >compile to the RAMdisk. So much for "you really need more than 512K". Ok, I stand corrected. But if you try to do the same thing with a TDI Modula-2 compiler, you definately DO need more than 512K (although this probably stems from the fact that TDI's compiler is so bad that it shouldn't even be public domain). I admit I was speaking from my experience from TDI's compiler. But I still don't have the money for a C compiler. (Incidently, which kind of compiler do you have? How much did it cost? I'd like to know for future reference.) > >Of course I would truly *hate* to lose my second-hand 4 MEG board now, but >an Amiga with 512K is quite usable. >-- >-- `-_-' Peter (have you hugged your wolf today?) da Silva. >-- U Mail to ...!uunet!sugar!peter, flames to /dev/null. >-- "A foolish consistancy is the hobgoblin of little minds". Lee Hunt University of Colorado @ Boulder INET: hunt@tramp.Colorado.EDU Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: More than 512K? (Re: comp.binaries.amiga (was Re: Picture swap)) Summary: Expires: References: <8806161902.AA16559@cory.Berkeley.EDU> <417@jc3b21.UUCP> <6714@sigi.Colorado.EDU> <2149@sugar.UUCP> Sender: Reply-To: hunt@tramp.Colorado.EDU (HUNT LEE CAMERON) Followup-To: Distribution: na Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder Keywords: binaries, useful, C, compiler