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From: maddog@cbnews.ATT.COM (john.j.tupper)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: 80186 cross compilers
Message-ID: <7467@cbnews.ATT.COM>
Date: 14 Jun 89 21:13:39 GMT
References: <7238@cbnews.ATT.COM> <220015@hpubmaa.HP.COM>
Reply-To: maddog@cbnews.ATT.COM (john.j.tupper)
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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In article <220015@hpubmaa.HP.COM> algoss@hpubmaa.HP.COM (Al Gosselin) writes:
>Being a field systems engineer and a solid HP kind of guy, I have a few
>questions and maybe a few comments.
>
>1) Which compiler did you "break"? There are at least 2 compilers avail-
>able for the 8086 family. The older 64800-series compilers broke at the
>drop of a hat! The newer 64900-series compilers are nearly unbreakable!

The older compiler. I must have dropped my hat.

>2) Have you told anyone at HP about your problems and allowed them the
>opportunity to fix it? By "anyone" I mean the Response Center, your
>sales rep. or your local S.E.

Given the quiality og the older compiler in general, I didn't want to waste
alot of time trying to get it to work (I just finished installing the latest
update - so I ad the newest version). We have since bought the newer 64900
series compiler and this one seems to be much better (hasn't broken yet).

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