> That's why I switched to the GNU compiler.   Actually, the package is called
> "DJGPP" on the InfoMagik disk.  All programs use a parent process called
> "go32" that effectively allows all programs to run with all memory available,
> and then pages out to \TMP when it runs out.   So I don't have to worry about
> data structure overhead.

> All this on DOS.    And all for $20.

DJGPP was written by DJ Delorie, a good friend of mine.  It's a port
of the standard GNU C/C++ compiler to DOS.  Go32 is the execution
manager, it translates calls from the 32-bit virtual memory world
of GNU C to the 16-bit real-memory world of DOS, allowing you to
run a world of Unix utilities including make using just bare DOS,
and supports the entire GNU C/C++ compiler and environment - in
fact, most of the POSIX.1 Unix environment that relates to C prog-
ramming.

It is widely redistributed, but it is available free for ftp at
Clarkson, whose web address evades me right now, but which you can
get from DJGCC official web site at http://www.delorie.com/, which
is DJ's own computer.  Use his list of sites to find a high-band-
width ftp site, don't download it from his site - the man is shoving
30 megabytes of data a day through a sniveling little 28.8K modem.

ObMechMusic:¶
I just latched on to a wonderful Nicole Freres fat-cylinder box.  It's
a two-tunes-per-turn box playing twelve tunes total - at a minute and
a half apiece!  The box is lever-wound, but looks pretty early - very
plain case.  Anyone know any interesting details to look for that might
tell me something, or have suggestions for restoring it?

The Big News:¶
My wife is going up to Maine today to fetch back my completely-restored
drum-and-bell box from Danilo Konvalinka.  Danilo thinks I will be hugely
pleased with the box, and I will post a review of the work - which took
just a tad over twice as long as the estimate! - late this week or early
next week.

More Interesting News:¶
One cannot overemphasize that fact that mechanical music is _mechanical_.
After having my 22 1/2 in Kalliope down since shortly after I got it, I
finally got around to oiling the governor and - Lo! - it plays.  Plays
with an absolutely staggering beauty, in fact, I've never heard a box
with a tone like that one, even my Regina.  It's not as brassy as the
Regina, but it is louder, richer - and with a huge double-comb, it has
an extra- ordinary range.  Still needs a good cleaning and detailing,
though.  Who has some recommendations for people who know how to deal
with a really freakin' huge spring motor?  _I_ ain't going to touch the
thing, it looks like it could knock my house off its foundation.  Any-
way, the lesson here is, if the box is playing, but slowly, try just a
tiny drop of oil at the top and bottom of the governor.  Use a good
clock oil (which worked fine on the Kalliope even though the scale of
the thing and the ironmongery in it suggested something like WD-40!
But I don't recommend that.  =)

regards,¶
Larry Smith