Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!vax135!houxz!houxm!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!sri-unix!W8SDZ@Simtel20.ARPA From: W8SDZ@Simtel20.ARPA Newsgroups: net.micro.cpm Subject: Linking long Basic programs Message-ID: <1021@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Tue, 19-Jun-84 09:34:00 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.1021 Posted: Tue Jun 19 09:34:00 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 22-Jun-84 06:49:32 EDT Lines: 23 From: Keith PetersenRelayed from the RCPM Sysop Clearinghouse: From: DAVE HOLMES To: ALL Re: LINKING LONG BASIC PROGRAMS Sometime ago I placed an inquiry here about problems I was having linking long basic programs in the 25-29k range. I was getting out of memory aborts from the link process. I talked to Microsoft customer support and there only solution was to make the program smaller. This was my Oxgate BB program that I had previously linked under version 5.2 of Bascom. I asked Microsoft if they had any linker products for sale that would link from disk. They said NO!! but quite by accident I found that the linker LD80 supplied with their Cobol package would work fine. I have used it on large Fortran and Basic programs with good results. Why do you suppose Microsoft doesn't know about their own products? I hope this info will help someone else struggling along. Lifeboat didn't know either or were not telling. They offered to sell me at $350 PLINK. Oh well Live and learn. Dave Holmes (k4umi)