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Catacomb3D, TheCatacomb, Catacomb, Hovertank3D going GPL (Announce)

posted by Zyzzle, 10.06.2014, 06:20

> > I've not tried rebuilding this, but it apparently uses TASM (which?) and
> > Turbo Pascal 5.5.
>
> I tried to rebuild with BP 7.0 (with fixed CRT) and TASM 3.2 and it
> compiled w/o err/warnings.

Was there any advantage to be gained by rebuilding the existing code in Borland pascal 7.0 vs the old v. 5.5? More speed, or was it just a "hello world" exercise?

Complete thread:

• Catacomb3D, TheCatacomb, Catacomb, Hovertank3D going GPL - totalizator, 06.06.2014, 16:06 (Announce)
  • Catacomb3D, TheCatacomb, Catacomb, Hovertank3D going GPL - Rugxulo, 07.06.2014, 00:12
    • Catacomb3D, TheCatacomb, Catacomb, Hovertank3D going GPL - Rugxulo, 10.06.2014, 01:35
      • Catacomb3D, TheCatacomb, Catacomb, Hovertank3D going GPL - RayeR, 10.06.2014, 04:14
        • Catacomb3D, TheCatacomb, Catacomb, Hovertank3D going GPL - Zyzzle, 10.06.2014, 06:20
          • Catacomb3D, TheCatacomb, Catacomb, Hovertank3D going GPL - RayeR, 11.06.2014, 01:10