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Re: msdos perl
- To: [email protected]
- Subject: Re: msdos perl
- From: Eli Brandt <[email protected]>
- Date: Mon, 22 Feb 93 10:41:03 PST
- In-Reply-To: <no.id>; from "Crys Rides" at Feb 22, 93 6:50 am
> The executeable in the file you refer to can also be ftp'd from
> tandem.com, it's source site, in the directory /pub/perl. To quote
> the README file for that directory:
> The port makes use of Borland's VROOM technology and pretty much *requires*
> access to extended memory. There is approx. 300+ Kbytes of memory available
> ^^^^^^^^
(emphasis not mine)
Which means a 286, not a 386. If there are a lot of people out there on
8086 machines, sorry. People with that particular problem are going to
have a hard time running most modern software, let alone Unix ports.
> This version of Perl has been tested on both 286 and 386 machines with
> and without extended memory.
> CrysRides
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