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posted by kerravon, Ligao, Free World North, 27.09.2021, 04:14

> > "Visual C++ 4.x bundled this 16-bit version. [Visual C++ 1.52x
> (16-bit)]"
> > (Ebay link)
>
> Thanks a lot for that pointer! I now have a
> combined birthday and father's day present
> on the way. Let's see what I can do with it!

This CDROM has arrived and today I tried it.

The default installation only installed the
Win32 version of cl.exe, so I can't produce
huge memory model programs.

In addition, I carefully read the license
agreement for the version of ml.exe (MASM)
that I normally use, and it requires me to
have Visual Studio 6.0 with SP5 installed
before I'm allowed to use that, so I didn't
install that either.

So I don't even have 32-bit MASM available on
my new computer yet. Not sure what assembler
people were supposed to use back in the
Visual Studio 4.0 days.

I went looking for the separate 16-bit C compiler
so that I could see if Microsoft C produces decent
assembler for pointer manipulation, but the only
thing I could find is a complete installation of
Win32s which can only be done legally if you already
own Windows 16-bit, which I don't.

So I think I need to give up on Microsoft C and
stick with Watcom C until such time as I manage
to find someone willing to update SubC (which is
public domain) to have a huge memory model target.

Unless someone else has a better suggestion on how
to rationalize and secure PDOS?

Thanks. Paul.

 

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