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Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal,comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: How to exit turbo pascal without reloading COMMAND.COM ?
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Date: Sat, 21-Feb-87 13:08:00 EST
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Posted: Sat Feb 21 13:08:00 1987
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In article <610@calma.UUCP> ho@calma.UUCP (Sidney N. Ho) writes:
>When I exit from Turbo Pascal, it always try to read Drive A to reload
>the COMMAND.COM.  The same thing happens even if I make a .COM file out
>of my program.  I found it is annoying.
>
>Is there a way to get around with it?  Thanx.

If you mean COMMAND.COM always loads when you exit the Turbo Pascal
editor/compiler (TURBO.COM), I don't think there is a way to fix this.
You can have COMMAND.COM be reloaded from RAMDISK instead of diskette,
but that's another topic.

If you mean COMMAND.COM always loads when you exit a program compiled
with Turbo (say FOO.COM), that can be fixed by changing the amount of
memory it allocates when it starts up.  On the (O)ptions screen, after
you pick (C)om-file, set the M(A)xiumum free memory to something
smaller then the default.  This is the amount of memory that the
program will attempt to allocate for the stack and heap.  A value of
1000 (64kb) will work for almost any programs, 400 (16kb) should be
sufficient for most, 100 (4kb) should work for quite a few smaller
ones.
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