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I'm soliciting input, recommendations, and opinions on the following
questions.  Please respond with email and I'll summarize if enough
people ask me to.  Thanks ahead of time.

Question #1
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I am looking to buy a basic C compiler for DOS.  I've checked the FAQ
for recommendations, but I didn't find anything.  I am basically
looking at three choices:
	1. Borland's Turbo C++ for DOS
	2. Microsoft QuickC
	3. and Mix's Power C

What do each of these products come bundled with.  I suspect that I'll
be wanting both an assembler and a debugger in the process of this.
Do I have to buy these as extras or are some bundled?  Which packages
contain one or both of these?  What are people's opinions of the
strengths and weaknesses of these?

I saw that Mix is offering Power C and a debugger for $49 right now
(Dr.  Dobbs, September '92).  Is this worth going after?

C++ would be nice, but I'm perfectly content with ANSI C.


Question #2:
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I'm thinking about purchasing a sound card.  My choices are one of the
SoundBlaster series or an AdLib.  Which would you buy, and why?  My
motives are both to program and to use.  Which is supported by more
programs?  Which is better for programming?  Why?  If a SoundBlaster,
which one -- Soundblaster Pro?


Question #3:
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I found the A86 assembler, by Eric Issacson, on Simtel.  I've played
around with it a bit and it looks pretty good.  What do people think
of this assembler.  The author's attitude seems to certainly be very
strong, so I could see that this might generate some strong responses,
one way or another.

It seems to assemble really fast, but Eric sure doesn't seem to like
MASM.  If I started using this thing, what is my exposure on MASM
compatibility?  Is it supported very well?  Is there a version that
support 386 opcodes?  Can I link my object modules with Borland's,
Microsoft's or Mix's products (above)?  Is it worth registering?


Again, thanks.

Dave Roberts
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Network Products Division
david.roberts@amd.com