Microsoft KB Archive/11492

Changes Made in Version 3.3

PSS ID Number: Q11492 Article last modified on 02-24-1988

3.30 XENIX

Question: A number of complaints have surfaced about Microsoft languages not working properly on PC XENIX 1.0 and SCO XENIX 5.0. The PC XENIX 1.0 problems are due to incompatibilities between C and FORTRAN in the run-time libraries. There is a software update that corrects these. I now have a pre-release of PC XENIX 2.0 and wanted to put Microsoft FORTRAN and Pascal on it. I have the following questions: 1. Has anyone looked into the msinstall script? Has it been rewritten? 2. Is there a formal procedure for people wanting to install FORTRAN or Pascal onto a XENIX V system? 3. If I you have the XENIX V software development kit, are the libraries compatible with the FORTRAN/Pascal libraries? 4. Regarding the 1.3 megabyte limit on XENIX III files, is this an operating system limitation? If so, is it removed with XENIX V? Can I recompile my programs under XENIX V to get over this limitation?

Response: 1. Yes, the msintall script has been rewritten for XENIX FORTRAN 3.31. It is a much better installation, allowing you different options concerning whether or not libraries are written over or saved, etc. 2. Yes, you will use msinstall to install either FORTRAN or Pascal onto XENIX V. 3. Yes, the FORTRAN/Pascal Version 3.31 libraries are compatible with XENIX V. 4. The file size limit in XENIX III was 1 megabyte. In XENIX V the default file size limit is 2 megabytes, but that is flexible and users may set it to something larger than 2 megabytes if they choose.