From: "Michael Stewart" <mike AT reggin DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: DJGPP beginner's question - clrscr()
Date: Fri, 6 Aug 1999 15:09:38 +0100
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haphillips AT my-deja DOT com wrote in message <7oedln$uf2$1 AT nnrp1 DOT deja DOT com>...
>In my first try at using the DJGPP C compiler, I compiled and ran in a
>Win98 DOS box a short C program that I had compiled using Turbo C v. 2
>(yes, I still have it!).  gcc compiled my program without
>error, but clrscr() produced a runtime error.  I don't have a clue why
>and would appreciate anyone's help.


Can you post the smallest snippet of code which will produce this error.

>The Turboc C exe file was 17,910 bytes, and gcc's 137,789 bytes.  Why
>such a big difference?


gcc produces protected mode code. As such there is additional code to enter
protected mode, set up things etc. I seem to remember Turbo C being a real
mode compiler.

There was a discussion on this subject a while ago, try looking in the
archives for the thread.