Old CD-ROMs & free C compiler?

From: Jim Strickland <jim_at_calico.litterbox.com>
Date: Thu Apr 29 14:30:15 1999

> > Also, can anyone recommend a free C compiler running under MS-DOS, that can
> > produce code capable of running on an XT type PC? I have used djgpp, but
> > programs compiled with that require at least a 286SX.
>
> I like PCC ("Personal C Compiler"), which when it was a commercial
> product sold as DeSmet C. Try:
> ftp://oak.oakland.edu/pub/simtelnet/msdos/c/pcc12c.zip
> (which may or may not still be valid).
> It is NOT an IDE ("integrated development environment") It is a command
> line oriented compiler that takes a .C source file, and produces a .O
> object file, which then needs to be run through the included BIND.EXE to
> produce a .EXE
>
> You can fit everything that you need on a 360K floppy.
>
Power C, by MIX software will also do the job. Borland turbo C 4.5 can compile
to an xt class target, I think, but it wants a 286 or better to run on.

-- 
Jim Strickland
jim_at_DIESPAMMERSCUMcalico.litterbox.com
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