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In article <Apr.16.16.13.26.1988.11487@topaz.rutgers.edu> paone@topaz.rutgers.edu (Phil Paone) writes:
> ... I have copied all the files into C:\MAGAMAX and
>altered the config file to look there, but everytime I run the
>program, the compilier and like gets loaded from the A: drive. Why?

I have this same problem.   The documentation is pretty weak in
this area and they don't provide a script to automatically install
it onto the hard disk.  I struggled with it for a long time, editing
config files, changing setup variables, etc. but I couldn't get it
to just run from the HD and not try to find stuff on A:.  How stupid!
Why not just start looking at the drive I ran Laser.prg from for
a \megamax directory instead of messing around with A:?  And if you're
not going to do that, at least under the section called "Installing
onto a Hard Disk" which is in nice big letters in your manual, explain
what to do.  If the information is hiding someplace else in the manual,
move it to the "Installing onto a Hard Disk" section becuase that's where
somebody's going to expect it.

I also found that Laser C has problems running quite a few programs when
using it's STDOUT window.   From what I can see, no programs compiled with
MWC will work.  That means a lot of programs from the net and other useful
tools won't work with Laser C.  First impressions remind me a lot of
Haba Hippo C.  Anybody remember that one?

In defense of Megamax though, it's clear that they put *A LOT* of effort
into Laser C.  I wasn't able to get it to work yet though, which is
probably a combination of lack of time on my part and lack of installation
scripts on the part of Megamax.
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