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Sander Rossel

Well, at least he tried... And in case you're planning to help him: awww yisss, history goodness![^] :D

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Mike Hankey

OriginalGriff wrote:

So...he has downloaded a copy of TurboC 4

From the Smithsonian?

New version: WinHeist Version 2.1.0 There's a fine line between crazy and free spirited and it's usually a prescription. I'm currently unsupervised, I know it freaks me out too but the possibilities are endless.

OriginalGriff

I just Googled QuickC for DOS - I used to love that program - and found it on an abandonware site! :omg: I can't believe MS have given it away, but if they have...gawd but I'm tempted! Got any 5.25" floppies? And a floppy drive? :laugh:

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Marc Clifton

I had to install a copy of VC 6 (or something like that) a couple years ago. On a then modern machine, the compiler was so screaming fast it seemed to compile the C++ code before I even it the build button. I think we've lost something, tools that now require horsepower, disk space and memory that would cripple a system 10+ years ago. Marc

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OriginalGriff

We have lost a lot in "raw power" - but by heck we have gained a lot in development support! Intellisense alone is worth a huge amount of compiler slowdown, and then there is "on the fly" compilation allowing us to change code while debugging. I am happy losing compilation speed to gain those two things alone!

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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

Virtual Floppy Drive...

Skipper: We'll fix it. Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this? Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.

Richard Andrew x64

Isn't that a 16-bit program? How could he get it to run on a modern OS?

The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.

Mark_Wallace

OriginalGriff wrote:

I just Googled QuickC for DOS - I used to love that program - and found it on an abandonware site!

... Aaaaaand, it Does work in DosBox!

I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

OriginalGriff

Damn it! Now I've spent the whole morning trying to get it working! :laugh: It works, but for some reasons DosBox insists that the BIN folder is the C:\ root drive, so it can't find the "Includes" folder...grrrr....back to the fight...I'll beat this, I will... :laugh:

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OriginalGriff

Yes! It works! "Hello World", The QuickC version lives! :laugh:

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Gary R Wheeler

I loved QuickC for DOS. I used it as my source editor for a long time, even though I was using Watcom C/386 and Microsoft C 7.0 for my tool chain. It was quick (pardon the pun), loading in under a second. It supported editing two files at once (unbelievable convenience), and I could even program the hot keys to whatever I liked.

Software Zen: delete this;

OriginalGriff

You want to try it in DosBox on a modern PC! Good grief but it's quick! :laugh:

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Vikram A Punathambekar

Sadly, Turbo C++ was what was used for C++ in the college I graduated from in 2004. I got in touch with a younger student there several years later (at least 3 or 4 years back from present) and they were still using that.

Cheers, विक्रम "We have already been through this, I am not going to repeat myself." - fat_boy, in a global warming thread :doh:

OriginalGriff

Given that Visual studio has (very cheap) student editions and (free) Express editions, that says a heck of a lot about the college and the likely quality of it's tutors... :sigh:

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Vikram A Punathambekar

I would bet real money they're still using TC++. I'll be visiting my hometown in a week... might just pop over and find out for myself :-\ In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if most of the other colleges were using it too :|

Cheers, विक्रम "We have already been through this, I am not going to repeat myself." - fat_boy, in a global warming thread :doh:

OriginalGriff

Scare 'em. Take a lappie with VS Express loaded and show teh students what they will really be working with... :laugh:

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Denis A Stoyanov

Sadly in my country (in two of our "top" technical universities), Turbo C++ is still used. You just need to spend some time install BorlandC compiler and you are the man/woman. Web design is recommended to be used with tables and we can really impress the folks at AutoDesk, showing them how to run AutoCAD 2006 and SolidWorks 2008 simultaneously on a P3 machine with XP and 512 RAM in the best case scenario :)

PIEBALDconsult

OriginalGriff wrote:

install under Win7

Install? Turbo BASIC is just install-by-copy -- and works under Win 7 32-bit. It doesn't work under 64-bit Win 7 or 8. :sigh:

Vikram A Punathambekar

Which country is this? Surely you can't be from the US like it says in your profile?

Cheers, विक्रम "We have already been through this, I am not going to repeat myself." - fat_boy, in a global warming thread :doh:

Denis A Stoyanov

Greetings from Bulgaria. Although our IT and Engineer students indeed are knowledgeable and remarkable, our education system is a nightmare.