bing@galbp.LBP.HARRIS.COM (Bing Bang) (11/09/87)
i just spent the weekend converting my minix development from minix to ms/dos (yuk!) using the turbo c stuff posted by somebody here. my minix boot size went from 114K to 96K! only problem seems to be turbo c locks up my PC now and then. i'm using version 1.0 and just found out boland has a bunch of patches for it. if anybody out there has them can they mail me the stuff or tell me how to get them? thanks, bing -- Bing H. Bang +----------------------------------------------------+ Harris/Lanier |MSDOS and OS/2 (whenever it gets here): just say no.| Atlanta GA +----------------------------------------------------+
pre1@sphinx.uchicago.edu (Grant Prellwitz) (11/11/87)
In article <2204@galbp.LBP.HARRIS.COM> bing@galbp.UUCP (Bing Bang) writes: [porting Minix to Turbo C] >PC now and then. i'm using version 1.0 and just found out boland has a bunch >of patches for it. if anybody out there has them can they mail me the stuff >or tell me how to get them? [...] >Bing H. Bang +----------------------------------------------------+ >Harris/Lanier |MSDOS and OS/2 (whenever it gets here): just say no.| >Atlanta GA +----------------------------------------------------+ Just a note: I saw in InfoWorld the other day that Borland has announced a new version of Turbo C. I called Borland and they confirmed it. I placed my order already. They said that they wouldn't charge my plastic until it shipped. Among other things, this will be a bug fix version. It also includes a new graphics library, from what I understand. This doesn't really belong in this group, but a lot of Minix hackers are also Turbo C users, and it did come up. Grant Prellwitz Prellwitz Computing Services -- =====================Grant Prellwitz========================== !ihnp4!gargoyle!sphinx!pre1 pre1@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP 76474,2121 (CIS) pre1 (BIX) !ihnp4!chinet!pre1 contents sole responsibility of poster.
ESC1111%DDAESA10.BITNET@wiscvm.wisc.edu (N.Head) (11/11/87)
> ... turboc locks up PC now and again ... patches
Although not MINIX I take the liberty of answering here!
I don't think any of the patches (Compuserve, BIX) (me as a last resort)
fix problems that cause TC to kill the system. I had similar things and it
seems to have been a bad memory chip somewhere in the high address range
which TC seems to use a lot (most other software doesn't get that far it I
guess). and NO - the power on memory test didn't find it (what did you expect)
Cheers, Nigel.moran@yale-zoo-suned..arpa (William Moran) (11/18/87)
In article <688@louie.udel.EDU> ESC1111%DDAESA10.BITNET@wiscvm.wisc.edu (N.Head) writes: >> ... turboc locks up PC now and again ... patches > >Although not MINIX I take the liberty of answering here! > >I don't think any of the patches (Compuserve, BIX) (me as a last resort) >fix problems that cause TC to kill the system. I had similar things and it >seems to have been a bad memory chip somewhere in the high address range >which TC seems to use a lot (most other software doesn't get that far it I >guess). and NO - the power on memory test didn't find it (what did you expect) >Cheers, Nigel. Not a chance. Turbo C does indeed lock up the system. In trying to compile some code, I once tried 3 different ATs and 2 different XTs all of which got hung by it. The problem is that turboc doesn't clean up after itself. The easiest way to see what I mean is to Make something that does about 10 compiles of reasonably large programs in a row. It is almost guaranteed to hang. William L. Moran Jr. moran@{yale.arpa, cs.yale.edu, yalecs.bitnet} ...{ihnp4!hsi,decvax}!yale!moran Tiger! Tiger! burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry? - William Blake
Dickson@his-phoenix-multics.arpa (Paul Dickson) (11/18/87)
This might be totally irrelevant to the problem of Turbo C hanging your
systems, but do the PCs and ATs that are being used have printers
connected? I say this becuase we've experienced a lot of problems with
microemacs (compiled with Turbo C) because output is sometimes being
routed to the printer. And with no printer connected, we get a
mysterious hang. We discovered this by leaving the printer on while
running make.
BTW - I use TCC on my non-PC compatible with no troubles.
Paul Dickson
Dickson%pco @ BCO-Multics.ARPA
Phoenix, Azroot@cca.ucsf.edu (Computer Center) (11/24/87)
In article <2602@sphinx.uchicago.edu>, pre1@sphinx.uchicago.edu (Grant Prellwitz) writes: > > I saw in InfoWorld the other day that Borland has announced > a new version of Turbo C. I called Borland and they confirmed > it. I placed my order already. I talked to Borland this morning. They said the new release (1.5) would start shipping in mid December. Upgrade is $33.50+$5 S&H + sales tax if applicable. Thos Sumner (thos@cca.ucsf.edu) BITNET: thos@ucsfcca (The I.G.) (...ucbvax!ucsfcgl!cca.ucsf!thos) If he says it's "user friendly" watch out; he's a con artist. #include <disclaimer.std>