Re: 386max and Borland problem

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From: Thomas Frank Mason
Date: Mon, 03 Aug 1992 16:27

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johnrp@well.sf.ca.us (John Panzer) writes:

>I just got the version of 386Max included with the Microsoft 7.0
>compiler, and decided to try it out.  It works great -- except
>that Borland 3.1 seems to randomly choke if 386Max is installed
>(various weird erros & GP faults).  I've confirmed this via
>rumor (talking to a couple of other people who have tried this).
>
>Has anyone else encountered this problem, and do they know a
>solution?  (I'm not gonna give up Borland, and it 386Max looks
>like a good product otherwise.)
>
>(Hmmm... A Microsoft-supplied memory manager kills Borland's
>compiler... COINCIDENCE???) -- No, no, that's paranoid and
>potentially libelous :^)
>
>John Panzer
>johnrp@well.sf.ca.us

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I had the same GP fault problems until someone told me to add the following to
my 386max.pro file:

DPMIMEM=2000

This may solve some of the weird errors. BC++ v3.1 still acts up on me
once in a while . . .

mason@csd4.csd.uwm.edu

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From: mason@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Thomas Frank Mason)
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Subject: Re: 386max and Borland problem
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