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From: prindle@NADC.ARPA (Frank Prindle)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: C Power problem
Message-ID: <POSTNEWS6898@NADC.ARPA>
Date: 1 May 89 12:23:00 GMT
Sender: prindle@NADC.ARPA (Frank Prindle)
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Concerning problems with C Power (AKA Power C) and RAMdisk:

Please note that the ProLine C Power compiler v.2.9A *is* copy protected,
unlike the Spinnaker versions. When you copy CC.SH, COMPILER and TRANSLATOR to
the RAMdisk (or any other disk, for that matter), you are leaving behind a
small, but important, piece of the compiler, hidden on the original disk in
a slightly bizarre way. Without this piece, the compiler indeed does generate
an error on nearly every statement. You have two alternatives with the 2.9A
version: 1) remove the copy protection (I won't tell you how; it can be done,
though not easily); or 2) get the Spinnaker version (seems to me it would be
legal to copy someone else's disk, since you have already paid for the program,
and quite a bit more than Spinnaker charges too).

Also note that some versions of Commodore's RAMDOS (perhaps all) do not support
the DOS catenate command (C0:file1=file2,file3). The "cc" program uses this
command to generate object (.o) files, so beware of compiling to RAMdisk unless
you are sure your RAMDOS version supports catenate. I'm not sure about "newcc"
though - this may have removed this restriction.

Sincerely,
Frank Prindle
Prindle@NADC.arpa