Does anyone know of online manuals for Phar Lap 286 extender?

[alank2]

I'm just trying to get it to work with Borland C++ 3.1 for fun.

 

[Syclops]

You aren't by any chance setting up for working with some BBS Software are you?

 

[alank2]

Nope, but I did see something about that in some files outside of the disk directories... Just want to mess around with it and see if I can make a DOS extended application with BC3.1.

 

[Chuck(G)]

Phar Lap "lite" was packaged with some early MSVC versions. I'll see if I can find something from my collection.

 

[Syclops]

Is this what you are using?

Pharlap 286 Dos Extender Developer's Kit v3.10

 

[MasawVx]

this site might be of help
http://www.drdobbs.com/windows/programming-with-phar-laps-286dos-extend/184408713

 

[Syclops]

Try this and see if this helps.

1. Install Borland C++
( Again here you will save yourself a lot of time by using the default
directory "\borlandc" )

3. After installing Borland C++, edit these two files so they look like this:
( These files should be found in the "\borlandc\bin" directory. )

First file: TLINK.CFG

-L\BORLANDC\LIB;\RUN286\BC3\LIB;

Second file: TURBOC.CFG

-I\BORLANDC\INCLUDE;\RUN286\INC;
-L\BORLANDC\LIB;\RUN286\BC3\LIB;

4. Install the Phar Lap 286:Dos-Extended SDK.

Use the default "\run286" directory, when it comes time to choose what to install as needed:

286:dos extender binaries YES
MS C Support ???
MS Fortran Support ???
Borland C++ Support YES
MS C Examples ???
Borland C++ Examples YES

5. Add the following paths to you autoexec Path statement:

\borlandc\bin
\run286\bin

6. Reboot the computer so the path statement can take effect

7. Install Borland C Huge Model Support.
This is the .zip file "PLPAT2.ZIP"

copy this file to \run286\bc3\lib
then pkunzip it there
then type "mklib h \borlandc\lib"

 

[alank2]

Thanks I'll give this a try!

 

[alank2]

I've been able to compile a small test application. I wish the documentation for it was up at archive.org!

I noticed in the lite documentation it mentions the RTK or run time kit. Was that something that came with the full version? Did it let you integrate the run286.exe into the executable?

 

[krebizfan]

Pricing in 1991 was $495 for the full SDK, $995 for the SDK plus RTK (which came with a charge for each copy to be distributed), and $5,000 for an unlimited runtime distribution. AFAIK, all the RTK did was to allow distribution of run286.

 

[alank2]

I wondered by looking at some of the documentation if they had a tool to integrate the run286 into the executable itself.