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Subject: Re: Missing option in Turbo C
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Date: 9 Jan 88 05:32:21 GMT
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From Usenet: cornell!rochester!ritcv!mds7958
From: mds7958@ritcv.UUCP (Mark Sicignano)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Missing option in Turbo C
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Date: 9 Jan 88 14:16:31 GMT
References: <5131@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu>
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In article <5131@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> tim@cit-vax.UUCP (Timothy L. Kay)
writes:
>I just added a 80287 to my AT clone.  The Turbo C programs seemed to
>speed up, but I wanted to measure the exact amount that they sped up.
>However, with Turbo C there seems no way to disable the use of the
>80287 if one is installed.
>
>Tim

Try reading page 280-282 of the TC users guide.  It
explains the use of the 87 environment variable.  You can
issue a SET 87=N or SET 87=Y to override automatic
detection of the 8087.

-mark

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