Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!rutgers!mtune!codas!killer!dono
From: dono@killer.UUCP (Don OConnell)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: turboc ega
Message-ID: <2590@killer.UUCP>
Date: 26 Dec 87 19:39:36 GMT
Organization: The Unix(R) Connection, Dallas, Texas
Lines: 23
Keywords: tc ega




>I've got both Turbo and the full MSC 5.0.  I really like Turbo's editor and
>its general speed by comparison to MSC.  I also like the in-line assembler
>(I know, I know... gross nonstandardization but if portability is an issue
>you don't use assembler code anyway).  However, in the first 30 minutes I
>discovered that Turbo doesn't like my EGA (a Mitsuba) and anything compiled
>with Turbo would crash my machine.  This includes a pre-compiled MicroEMACS
>I pulled off some d/l board that I later discovered was compiled using
>Turbo.  A friend also had similar trouble on a different EGA board.  That
>made Turbo unusable for me since my main development machine has an EGA and
>many of my clients do too.  This problem makes Turbo a poor choice
>for outside-world development.

     I also own MSC 5 compiler and Turbo C compilers as well as an ATI ega 
wonder and true ega monitor. I have not seen the troubles mentioned in the 
part of the letter cited. I have been using the Turbo C compiler for 2 months
and have even compiled the MicroEmacs editor and use it daily with no trouble.

     This letter is just to set the record straight on Turbo C. 

Don OConnell