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Microsoft C/C++ 7.x

SystemSystem
edited October 2020 in Product Comments

imageMicrosoft C/C++ 7.x

This is the original standalone Microsoft C/C++ compiler for DOS and Windows - Later versions were rebranded and renumbered as Microsoft Visual C++ and were bundled with Visual Studio or the SDKs.

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  • defrag257defrag257
    edited October 2020
    Microsoft's FTP is closed or I can't open it now. Would someone who had ever downloaded upload the patches?
  • defrag257defrag257
    edited October 2020
    Microsoft C/C++ 7.0 with CL386.EXE and Windows NT 3.1 SDK seems to be the first environment that is able to build Win32 applications. But CL386.EXE isn't included in either Microsoft C/C++ 7.0 or Windows NT 3.1 SDK. Is there someone who knows CL386.EXE and has it? Would someone share a link?
  • defrag257defrag257
    edited November 2020
    I downloaded developr.7z from oscollect.old-dos.ru, not finding any about CL386. Maybe MSC7+CL386+NT3.1SDK is for internal use only. Sad.
  • defrag257defrag257
    I'm wrong. NT3.1SDK is released after VC1.0 for NT, so it in fact requires VC1.0 for NT, not MSC7.
  • rlieghrliegh
    Quick note in case anyone bumps into the weirdness that I ran into. I had a problem with installing 7.x in windows 3.11 on 86Box; it kept being unable to read from the floppy. I'm assuming that it's a configuration SNAFU on my part. I didn't feel like chasing it down so I simply copied the contents of all the disks (xcopy /s /e a:\*.* .) to a folder on a hard drive and installed it from there (under windows 3.11). It worked just fine.
  • defrag257defrag257
    edited March 5
    MS C/C++ 7.0 requires a 386 CPU. Use MSC 6.0 if you are using an 8086 or 286-level platform.
    Its compiler CL is based on DOSX32, and its linker LINK and some other tools is based on DOSX16.
    DOSX32 requires Qualitas' 386MAX or BlueMAX version 6.x (but their compatibilities (up to 8.x) with modern VMs are poor), or a compatible DPMI server, or a Win3.x 386 enhanced mode or Win9x DOS window or WinNT NTVDM.
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