Re: WARNING VISUAL C++

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From: ron house
Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1993 02:38

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jonka@microsoft.com (Jonathan Kagle) writes:

>P.S. Microsoft also sells QuickC for DOS Version 2.5, which runs well on a 
>640K 286. This is used in many colleges and universities in the US.

Not any more.  We have just received official word from MS that no further
new orders will be accepted.  The only choice for students now is Visual C++
standard (&educational) edition, which doesn't support vanilla DOS.  Talk
about lack of subtlety!  Our uni has a simple solution: Turbo C++ educational.

--

Ron House.                 USQ
(house@helios.usq.edu.au)  Toowoomba, Australia.

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From: house@helios.usq.EDU.AU (ron house)
Subject: Re: WARNING VISUAL C++
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