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Any old C++ Compilers?

Started by Ekim_Gram Jul 17, 2003 at 10:54 PM 11 replies 700+ views

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Jul 17, 2003 at 10:54 PM

I have a computer running Windows 3.1 and is VERY old. It''s about 13 years old but I can''t really remember the stats of the CPU and stuff. I''m wondering if I can find something that will work with that or just maybe a very old version of DOS.

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JuNC

Jul 18, 2003 at 3:52 AM

OS version isn''t much use when finding a compiler, I suggest finding out the processor type and speed and the memory size and hd size.

Some possibilities:

DJGPP
Borland might have old compilers

the Speed Bump

Jul 18, 2003 at 8:41 AM

Don''t forget Watcom. It''s open source hippieware now too. :D

I''m hip because I say "M$" instead of "MS".

Ruudje

Jul 18, 2003 at 9:11 AM

check the compilers from www.maxcode.com

Jul 18, 2003 at 9:38 AM

If it''s Windows 3.1 I would suggest MSVC 1.52.

sQuid

Jul 18, 2003 at 2:58 PM

quote:
Original post by Ekim_Gram
I have a computer running Windows 3.1 and is VERY old. It''s about 13 years old but I can''t really remember the stats of the CPU and stuff. I''m wondering if I can find something that will work with that or just maybe a very old version of DOS.

Linux runs very well on old machines. You could install a minimalist window manager and the g++ compiler. Howvever you would have to learn a little about the OS which you may or may not be interested in.

Ekim_Gram

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Ekim_Gram

Jul 18, 2003 at 3:45 PM

I know how to use Linux but my CD-Rom drive on it is broken and I can''t find any Linux iso files that boot from a floppy. And I think my hard drive space is about 50 meg.

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Nypyren

Jul 18, 2003 at 3:55 PM

DJGPP

Ekim_Gram

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Ekim_Gram

Jul 18, 2003 at 5:49 PM

quote:
Original post by JY
If it''s Windows 3.1 I would suggest MSVC 1.52.

Where can I find a copy of that?

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Cybertron

Jul 18, 2003 at 7:47 PM

why? WHY???

Ekim_Gram

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Ekim_Gram

Jul 18, 2003 at 8:16 PM

Umm, can the next posted be a little bit more helpful?

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Ruudje

Jul 19, 2003 at 1:57 AM

quote:
Original post by Ekim_Gram
Umm, can the next posted be a little bit more helpful?

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Velocity Gaming Force

Have you checked the site I told you about??

stevie56

Jul 19, 2003 at 5:27 AM

Can definitely recommend Turbo C++ which you can download free from

http://community.borland.com/museum/

Or, you could have a look at

http://web.cs.pub.ro/~vycxs/xs/

which has a DOS version and plenty of libraries. source code is available as well.

I see Watcom is going opensource, too, and targets DOS as one of its many platforms.

http://www.openwatcom.org/

And, if you have time, you could browse the list of free comilers at

http://www.compilers.net/Dir/Free/Compilers/CCpp.htm

Hope this is helpful enough.

Stevie

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