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From: manes@dasys1.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: MSC5.0 benchmarks
Message-ID: <2028@dasys1.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 20-Nov-87 22:43:09 EST
Article-I.D.: dasys1.2028
Posted: Fri Nov 20 22:43:09 1987
Date-Received: Mon, 23-Nov-87 01:29:33 EST
References: <274@krebs.acc.virginia.edu>
Organization: The Big Electric Cat, NYC, NY
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Summary: Turbo C and Graphics

In article <274@krebs.acc.virginia.edu>, wrp@krebs.acc.virginia.edu (Wm Pearson) writes:
> MSC
> does contain a graphics library.  Unfortunately the MSC graphics library
> appears to not support the hercules graphics cards.
> 
> 	I wonder what Turbo'C' 2.0 will look like.
> 

I hope it supports EGA better than Turbo.  I have a fairly substantial
program that I've compiled successfully on Lattice and MSC 3.0 and which
makes extensive use of both the comm port and (if present) an EGA monitor.
Two years of writing, rewriting and debugging plus over a year of beta
testing on several sites with a variety of hardwares convince me that the
code is solid.  However, when I compiled with Turbo, the program routinely
hung the machine at random points when writing to EGA V-RAM.  I spent days
debugging the modest mods I made for Turbo C until I downloaded a
compiled-with-Turbo, executable MicroEMACS.  Like my program, it crashed
during screen update.

Hardware is a very-compatible Smartek AT and Mitsuba EGA, neither of which
has had graphics compatibility problems before.  Recompiling both my
program (Magpie) and MicroEMACS 3.9 using MSC3.0 and the problems
disappear.

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