On 2012-07-04, at 11:45 AM, Harold Hallikainen wrote:

>> I keep coming back to the question of how many compilers (or word
>> processors) really need to be bigger than a 64k DOS .COM file...
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> Word Star! I ran it on 8 inch floppies under CP/M. When MS-DOS took over,
> I found a program called z80mu that would emulate CP/M under MS-DOS (and
> Windows, at least up through Windows 98). I used it to run WS, dBase II,
> and cross-assemblers for the MC6800 up through 1999 when I had to do some
> Y2K fixes for some 6800 code. I still have that 80286 computer with DOS
> and z80mu, though I have not powered it up in 5 or 10 years.

I use to use Perfect Writer on a CP/M machine with 3 5.25" floppies. Had Db=
aseII also.

I remember having to rewrite sections of the libraries handling longs in th=
e early Astec C compiler I use to use. Builds use to keep those floppy driv=
es busy, almost musical.

My current version of LCC is small but not less than 64K. I wonder how much=
 of that is due to it not being on an 8-bit machine.




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