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Running IC on an old PC
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lugnet.robotics.handyboard
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Date:
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Thu, 22 Aug 1996 22:11:53 GMT
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Brian Lavery <blavery@acslink&AvoidSpam&.aone.net.au>
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Hi,
I thought I was smart, salvaging an old (read, "real old") PC to use as a
"base station" for programming the HB. It is a 8088-PC original (well, a
clone). Has the required port etc, and even a 720/3.5 disk drive, which is
semi-compatible with my (work's) 486 laptop. It seemed a good re-cycling
idea at the time - no-one wants a PC that wont do Windows of some sort!
BUT.....
Interactive C does not run! Just loads into memory, then returns to the DOS
prompt. No signon message, no dos errorlevel return, nothing.
Memory available = 580000, more than the 486 laptop has (570000).
The RS232 port is OK - I 'linked the IC software across between the 2 machines.
Dos = MSdos 6.2, same as laptop. I used a CRC checker to prove the files
on the 8088 are the same as the ones still on the 486.
Anyone know if IC (& DL for that matter!) definitely doesnt like an older PC?
Maybe it needs extended memory or something, altho when I look inside IC.EXE
I dont see any obvious message texts relating to extenders etc.
Brian
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| (...) b> Interactive C does not run! Just loads into memory, then returns b> to the DOS prompt. No signon message, no dos errorlevel return, b> nothing. Memory available = 580000, more than the 486 laptop has b> (570000). The RS232 port is OK - I (...) (28 years ago, 22-Aug-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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