29 Apr
1999
29 Apr
'99
3:33 a.m.
Hi,
On Fri, 16 Apr 1999 Max Eskin wrote:
On Fri, 16 Apr 1999, Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) wrote:
I have some old Hitachi CD-ROM drives. They are single speed, from memory part
number CDR-1503S. About the area of a desktop PC, but not as high. Connect to
the host computer via a 37-way D connector.
Does anyone know what type of controller card is needed in the PC to use these
drives?
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.
-- Mark
Also, before the days of IDE CD-ROMs, and
"Sound-Card interface", there
were a lot of bizarre proprietary CD-ROM interfaces.
Yes, I've even owned a huge external drive for a while, I mailed it to
someone on this list. 
29 Apr
29 Apr
10:17 a.m.
>were a lot
of bizarre proprietary CD-ROM interfaces.
I have some old Hitachi CD-ROM drives.
They are single speed, from memory part
number CDR-1503S. About the area of a desktop PC, but not as high. Connect to
the host computer via a 37-way D connector.
Does anyone know what type of controller card is needed in the PC to use these
drives? 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.
--
Fred Cisin cisin(a)xenosoft.com
XenoSoft http://www.xenosoft.com
2210 Sixth St. (510) 644-9366
Berkeley, CA 94710-2219
10:30 a.m.
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.
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