FW: Re: [Trlog] Re: [PVRC] TR-Log on fast computer.

[George Fremin III]

On Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 08:37:03PM +0000, kd4d at comcast.net wrote:
> Hi Martin and all:
> 
> I haven't had a chance to try it yet, but TPPATCH is reported to fix the
> problem with Turbo Pascal programs.  TPPATCH can be downloaded from
> 
> http://www.merlyn.demon.co.uk/20010716/00index.htm
> 
> >From the readme file:

I am sure this was fixed in TR years ago.


This is not a P4 3GHZ limit - this is a 200 Mhz pentium.


> 
> ---------------------
> 
> TPPATCH does fix a bug appearing in all programs that have
> been written using Turbo Pascal when such a program is run on a
> Pentium Pro 200MHz or a faster computer.
> 
> This bug causes a runtime error 200 when the startup code of
> Delay() is executed. The bug appears when a DIV instruction is
> executed and the result does not fit into the destination
> register.
> 
> With this bugfix you can patch all files that have been compiled with
> Turbo Pascal, for example Crosspoint. This procedure does also
> work with applications compiled for the protected mode.
> 
> --------------------------------------
> 
> This should allow TR-Log to work with MS-DOS 6.22.  If you get a
> chance to try it before I do, please let me know if it fixes the
> problem!  I think this is why I couldn't get TR-Log running under
> FreeDOS also.  That's on my list of things to check too.
> 
> 73,
> 
> Mark
> 
> 
> 
> > Yes, that's true. There is a problem with MS-DOS 6.22 caused by the 
> > graph.tpu module used in many applications compiled under Borland's 
> > Turbo Pascal ver. 6 or 7 if there are timing-critical routines (and 
> > TR-Log USES such routines!). There is a patch but its application is not 
> > very simple, also source code needed. I recommend to use another DOS 
> > than MS-DOS. Good choice is the Caldera (DR) DOS 7.03 or later which is 
> > also free for non-commercial use. I tested also the IBM DOS 2000 with 
> > great success.
> > 
> > 73,
> > Martin, OK1RR
> > 
> > kd4d at comcast.net napsal(a):
> > 
> > >Hi BP:
> > >
> > >You may want to try installing that version of DOS, and its
> > >support files, on the hard drive rather than 6.22.  Let
> > >us know if that also works.  I haven't had any trouble on these
> > >machines.
> > >
> > >This sounds like it could be a problem with 6.22.
> > >
> > >73,
> > >
> > >Mark, KD4D
> > >
> > >
> > >  
> > >
> > >>Hi All,
> > >>Mark, KD4D, suggested to download Win-98SE boot disk and boot the computer. 
> > >>I did it a bit different: created bootable diskette on Win-98 machine 
> > >>(format a: /s) and booted 3.2 GHz computer to it. Then I accessed TR 
> > >>directory on C: drive and everything works OK. If I access the very same 
> > >>directory via dual boot and run TR-Log - the runtime error pops up within 
> > >>few seconds.
> > >>Thanks all responded.
> > >>
> > >>73!
> > >>bp (wf3j) 
> > >>
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