Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!newstop!male!texsun!letni!rwsys!spudge!johnm From: johnm@spudge.UUCP (John Munsch) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer Subject: Re: Using Borland C++ Message-ID: <28793@spudge.UUCP> Date: 12 Apr 91 19:29:46 GMT References: <1991Apr5.171426.28904@SanDiego.NCR.COM> <1038@stewart.UUCP> <1991Apr11.162855.10164@SanDiego.NCR.COM> Reply-To: johnm@spudge.UUCP (John Munsch) Organization: Friends of Guru Bob Lines: 23 In article <1991Apr11.162855.10164@SanDiego.NCR.COM> davel@booboo.SanDiego.NCR.COM (David Lord) writes: >3) Run BCX (protected mode compiler). > > This means running Windows in REAL mode. Sounds awful, but I'll > try. Actually I thought I had tried this at one point, but I > don't remember just what I was doing at the time. Since BC shows: > "175k memory remaining" the whole time I'm linking I didn't > think swapping was the problem. Certainly not! Running BCX currently precludes running only in Enhanced mode but not Standard mode. All you need to do is run TKERNEL before you load Windows (using WIN -S) and you can run BCX to your heart's content under a protected mode Windows. Here's the batch file that I use, "WS.BAT": tkernel hi=yes kilos=1024 win -s tkernel rem it gives me about 800K of room for BCX to compile in... John Munsch