Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!motcid!lei
From: lei@motcid.UUCP (Peter P. Lei)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: Turbo C++ 1.0
Message-ID: <4671@crystal2.UUCP>
Date: 25 Sep 90 14:10:47 GMT
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sidney@saturn.ucsc.edu (Sidney Markowitz ) writes:

>>	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.

Depending on the speed of your disk and processor, running TC++ on
an 8086/8088 machine is probably undesirable.  I tried running it
on a 8Mhz 8086 with a hard disk avg access time of about 100ms (yes 
this is an old machine) and basically couldn't use it.  It was much
too slow in loading files even to edit.  I've gone back to Turbo C 2.0
on that machine and put C++ on the '286.  There is a major performance
difference even though I have no extended/expanded memory (28ms drive
though).

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