Via:	uk.ac.oxford.comlab; Tue, 24 Oct 1995 19:46:19 +0000
Date:	Tue, 24 Oct 1995 19:46:39 +0000 (GMT)
From:	Michael Dossis <Michael DOT Dossis AT comlab DOT oxford DOT ac DOT uk>
To:	djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Cc:	gnat-report AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu
Subject:	GNAT-ADA-DOS bugs?

Dear Dos-based-Gnat-Ada software.

I 've been trying to compile, link and execute Ada examples
(including the hello.adb) for PC system with Dos 6 on without
success.

When I run the produced executables, they either crass the machine
(this is the case of e.g. the hello.exe) or they are reported
as "TOO BIG" to be loaded in the memory (how strange, with their
size of been less than 150 Kbytes, and with other applications,
including my own written software of about 300-400 Kbytes running
OK on the same system!!!).

I have been experimenting with loading resident programs and
device drivers up, and down the memory (being 8 Mbytes, including
EMS, expanded) without any improvement.

I 've got the gnat software version: GNAT 1.83 and if I won't 
be able to run anything I 'll have to remove it from my HDisk.

I 'd appreciate if anybody has any ideas for the source of 
my problems.

 Yours,

  Michael

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        Dr Michael F. Dossis
        Oxford University Computing Laboratory
        Wolfson Building,
        Parks Road,
        Oxford, OX1 3QD,
        UK.
        Tel: +44 1865 283549
        Fax: +44 1865 273839, or  +44 1865 273819
        e-mail: mdossis AT comlab DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk
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