DOS ain't dead

I haven't used Turbo C since the 90's but here are a link in case it helps:

> 1) what is the last downlodable version of turbo c for dos?

Turbo C 2.0 from the Embarcadero Borland Museum.

> 2) how i can compile?

Here's a book about "how to".

https://archive.org/details/a-to-z-of-c

Hi!

> i've a program ... in turbo c for dos.
> I see many .c .prj and .hex ... nothing like .configure or other
> files to be launch for start compilation.
>
> 2) how i can compile ?

There is no configure, but there is make.

So you can do:

make clobber
make all
make clean

This will first remove all leftovers from previous compiles, then compile everything, then remove all object files, leaving only the final exe.

You must have turboc.cfg in your current directory.

Your actual makefile might look similar to this, taken from FORMAT:


CC=tcc
CFLAGS=-M -N -ln -w -a- -f- -f87- -DDEBUG -ms -r-
# smaller: -M -O -N -Z -w -a- -f- -ms
# minimalistic: -ms
# -M linkmap -O jump optimize -N stack check -Z register optimize
# -w warnall -a- no word align -f- no fpu emulator -f87- no fpu code
# -ms small memory model -ln no default libs linked ...
# -r register variables -k standard stack frame ...
LDFLAGS=
LDLIBS=
RM=command /c del
OBJS1=createfs.obj floppy.obj hdisk.obj main.obj savefs.obj bcread.obj prf.obj
OBJS2=userint.obj driveio.obj getopt.obj init.obj recordbc.obj uformat.obj

# build targets:

all: format.exe

format.exe: $(OBJS1) $(OBJS2)
        $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -eformat *.obj $(LDLIBS)

# compile targets:

# very convenient but not available in Turbo C 2.01 - generic C/OBJ rule:
# .c.obj:
#       $(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c $*.c

createfs.obj:
        $(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c createfs.c

floppy.obj:
        $(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c floppy.c

...

# clean up:

clean:
        $(RM) *.obj

clobber:
        $(RM) *.bak
        $(RM) *.dsk
        $(RM) *.exe
        $(RM) *.obj
        $(RM) *.swp


Unfortunately, Turbo C make seems to want one rule for each obj file you compile, no wildcard rule support. Also, you have to use tabs, not spaces, for the indented lines.

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> i've a program wrote in turbo c for dos.
> I see many .c .prj and .hex fiels, but nothing like .configure or other
> files to be launch for start compilation.

PRJ is for inside the IDE. (For example, I think OpenWatcom has a PRJ2MAK program to convert them.)

Not sure what HEX is for.

> 1) what is the last downlodable version of turbo c for dos?

TC++ 1.01 (1991) was the latest freeware, but I don't think they offer it directly anymore.

> for information the souce i've stored in thi splace

What was the original .ZIP archive name? What URL did it originate from? What is it called? What does it do? What is the license?