XT 5160

[Fred Cisin]

> > I don't think C came out until after the AT.
On Thu, 5 May 2005, [iso-8859-15] Bjørn wrote:
> IBM C 3.0 came just before OS/2 1.0 as far as I'm able to recall. The

The first IBM (MS) C compiler ("3.0"?) was purchased from Lattice.

> first PC C compiler I used was odd - it did not have the standard function
> library, everything was slightly different. I think that would have been
> shortly after the XT was launched.

ALthough it was NOT the "first" one, I kinda liked DeSmet C.  I still use
it (now called "Personal C Compiler") to introduce my students to the
concept of a command line compiler.

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Grumpy Ol' Fred     		cisin at xenosoft.com