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Article #3088Re: BC++ in protected mode -- how?
From: Mark Brezina
Date: Thu, 06 Jun 1991 12:34
Date: Thu, 06 Jun 1991 12:34
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In article <43289@fmsrl7.UUCP> hugh@slee01.srl.ford.com (Hugh Fader) writes: >I just installed BC++. I tried to compile the windows hello world >example but it seemed to be taking a very long time so I broke out of >the compile. Then I remembered a discussion on this group a while back >about how much faster compiles run in protected mode. > >Here's where I ran into a problem. Borland's instructions for running >BCX, the protected mode compiler, are to run tkernel, then bcx. >However, tkernel seems to clash with himem.sys and smartdrive.sys. If >these are installed, when I try to run bcx I get an error message >indicating tkernel requires 576K. I think himem.sys is giving all my >extended memory to smartdrive.sys. > I ran into the same problem when I installed Borland C++. I ended up knocking my smartdrive down to 256k from a meg. BC++ needs lots of extended memory to run efficiently. Hello world should compile in about 20-30 seconds. Mark Brezina
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!news.cs.indiana.edu!maytag!csg.uwaterloo.ca!markb From: markb@csg.uwaterloo.ca (Mark Brezina) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer Subject: Re: BC++ in protected mode -- how? Message-ID: <1991Jun6.123407.651@maytag.waterloo.edu> Date: 6 Jun 91 12:34:07 GMT References: <43289@fmsrl7.UUCP> Sender: news@maytag.waterloo.edu (News Owner) Organization: University of Waterloo Lines: 19