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MIX Power C command line compiler

Submitted by John Jones

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Description

A MIX Power C compiler for the HP palmtops.

Technical details

File
mixpowrc.zip
Size
474.6 KB
Format
.zip
Year
2003
Added to S.U.P.E.R.
2003-03-31
Files inside
58
Author
Submitted by John Jones
Path
anonftp/pub/mixpowrc.zip

How to install it

What to send to the palmtop saves 657.4 KB

These are the files you need. You can send them from the package contents below.

  • DRAW.EXE → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 21.0 KB
  • FASTHDR.EXE → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 36.4 KB
  • MERGE.EXE → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 16.5 KB
  • MIX.EXE → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 19.8 KB
  • PC.EXE → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 188.5 KB
  • PCL.EXE → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 23.0 KB
  • PCO.EXE → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 126.2 KB

No need to put ALLOC.H, ASSERT.H, BARCHART.C, BIOS.H, CONIO.H, CTYPE.H, DIR.H, DIRECT.H and 43 more: they are manuals, source code or supporting material. Read them here and save 657.4 KB on a 1 MB disk.

Steps
  1. Copy DRAW.EXE, FASTHDR.EXE, MERGE.EXE, MIX.EXE to A:\SOFT. They are DOS programs: run them from the DOS icon, or add A:\SOFT to the PATH in C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT to call them by name.

Derived from the package contents and the 200LX conventions. It installs to A: on purpose: C: is a RAM disk and every byte there is memory taken from the system.

The author's instructions
should now install the Power C files by simply executing the
INSTALL.EXE program on this diskette.

The INSTALL program unpacks the files to a directory on your hard
disk or to floppies.  It does not alter the environment, CONFIG.SYS or
AUTOEXEC.BAT.  If you are installing to 5 1/4" diskettes, you will need
4 formatted blank diskettes.  If you are installing to 3 1/2" diskettes,
you will need 2 formatted blank diskettes.  If you are installing to a
hard disk, you will need approximately 1 Meg (1000k) of disk space.

To run the INSTALL program, insert this diskette into one of your
floppy drives and type x:INSTALL, where x is the letter of the drive
containing this floppy diskette.  If you have 5 1/4" release diskettes,
the INSTALL program will tell you when to insert release disk 2 of 2.
For example, type the following if this diskette is in drive A.

    A:INSTALL

The INSTALL program will ask you a series of questions.  At the end of
each question, the default answer is displayed inside square brackets (ie.
[default answer]).  If the default answer is suitable, you may select it
by simply pressing the enter key.  By default, it is assumed that you have
placed the master disk in drive [A], that you wish to install the files on
a hard disk [h], and that the directory to contain the files is [c:\powerc]
(note: the INSTALL program will create the directory if it does not already
exist).

If you install to 5 1/4" floppies rather than a hard drive, then the
following files will be copied to your four blank formatted diskettes.

 Disk 1 of 4         Disk 2 of 4        Disk 3 of 4       Disk 4 of 4
  Compiler             Linker            Examples          Libraries
 HEADERS  HHH        PCL      EXE       READ     ME       PCLIBS   MIX
…

Literal excerpt from READ.ME, exactly as it came in the package.

Send to my palmtop

The palmtop must be waiting before you press the button, or the transfer will fail. It is the palmtop that announces it is ready, not the other way round.

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