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From: tron1@tronsbox.xei.com (Kenneth Jamieson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: Re: Lattice C++ Help
Message-ID: <1518@tronsbox.xei.com>
Date: 2 Apr 91 04:36:17 GMT
References: <40629@cup.portal.com> <13852@helios.TAMU.EDU>
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In article <13852@helios.TAMU.EDU> randy@csseq.tamu.edu (Randy Hutson) writes:
>In article <40629@cup.portal.com> Lee_Robert_Willis@cup.portal.com writes:
>>Hi Gang,
>>
>>I just bought a used copy of Lattice C++, performed the installation
>
>I saw your recent post expressing an interest in buying of used
>copy of Lattice C++.  I thought about offering to sell you mine,
>but I decided that just wouldn't be nice.
>
>>procedure verbatim, and tried to compile "hello.cp".  It doesn't work.
>
>Not much works right with Lattice C++.  It's about as useful and 
>productive a piece of software as "diskdoctor".

	Yawn. Actually, once you get past most of this little stuff it
is NOT that bad. Most folks have major GURU probs, I have seen none of
them.

	( Now, hopefully my Comeau Computing C++ 2.1 compiler will
	  be here tomm and solve all my problems.)

>
>>I get a system requester asking "Please insert volume DISK: in any drive".
>>When I cancel it, I get the message "Can't open quad file".
>>
>>Any clues?
>>
>
>Sounds like you're compiling a program in the RAM: drive.  That's just 
>what happens if you try to compile in the RAM: drive.  Reassigning 

	The reason is that "RAM DISK:" has two words in it. Just
assign QUAD: to RAD: or VD0: if you have em when you first set it and
you will be fine.


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