Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!apple!agate!darkstar!saturn.ucsc.edu!sidney From: sidney@saturn.ucsc.edu (Sidney Markowitz ) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++ Subject: Re: Turbo C++ 1.0 Message-ID: <7140@darkstar.ucsc.edu> Date: 25 Sep 90 00:20:45 GMT References: <9009241559.aa12636@PARIS.ICS.UCI.EDU> Sender: usenet@darkstar.ucsc.edu Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz Lines: 21 In article <9009241559.aa12636@PARIS.ICS.UCI.EDU> jduarte@whitechapel.ICS.UCI.EDU (J o s e D u a r t e ! ! !) writes: > I have an upgrade option to Turbo C++ 1.0 from >my current Turbo C 2.0. After reading the fine print, >I discovered that I need a PS/2 to run the C++ compiler. I don't know what fine print you read, but it is not true that you need a PS/2. You do need a hard disk or the equivalent. > Does this mean that I can't use Turbo C++ on >my lowly PC XT? Does Turbo C++ only run on a 286 or 386? TC++ will run on an XT. However it will be significantly slower than TC 2.0, because it will use the disk for swapping. On a 286 or 286 TC++ can take advantage of EMS and/or extended memory for fast swapping. I'm afraid that I can't advise you as to whether the difference in speed on your XT will be acceptible to you, since I haven't actually tried it out. On the other hand, you will be able to edit and compile larger programs than you could before. -- sidney markowitz [note: this account is about to disappear]