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In article <1991Mar8.190821.22675@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> tmkk@uiuc.edu (Scott Coleman) writes:
>
>In article <DAVE.91Mar7234444@slam.InterLan.COM> dave@interlan.Interlan.COM (Dave Goldblatt) writes:
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>>The question was asked as to how to get BCX to work under Windows.
>>
>>The answer: You can't.
>
>Wow, really? Guess I'll have to run right home and delete all that stuff
>from my Development .GRP ;-)
>
>Seriously, you most certainly CAN run BCX under Windows. Follow this
>procedure (which is outlined somewhere in the manuals, but I've
>forgotten exactly where):
>
>1. Run TKERNEL.EXE from DOS before starting windows.
>
>2. Start windows in either Standard or Real mode. Note: Your statement
>above is correct *only* if you add the words "in 386 Enhanced mode."
>
>3. Start BCX from the Program manager as you normally would.
>
>Works just fine for me.
>
>As to why you would want to run BCX from within Windows, I don't know
>about you, but I often need to switch quickly from "edit the source
>code" mode to "run the program" mode, and starting/exiting Windows
>every time gets to be a REAL drag.


If you had read the original post, you would see that he is running an IBM
model 55sx which is a 386sx machine. I would assume he is running windows in
enhanced mode.

It is true you can get it to work in standard or real mode, but you can't do
it within a DOS window that way, or in the background either. This makes it
much more difficult to develop in. It is nice to build your program, do other
things at the same time (edit files?), and try out the changes immediately
without exiting to DOS, or switching full screen DOS sessions.

I find it much more convenient to just compile in a DOS window, and suffer the
slowdown than to do all this switching around. Hopefully Borland will come up
with a way for us to have our cake and eat it too.

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