Re: Div by 0 -> :(

["pancara kusuma wijonarko" <pancara.wijonarko@eudoramail.com>]

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On Sat, 6 May 2000 21:22:07    KingFish wrote:
>> It's cause by using crt.tpu in Turbo Pascal 7.0
>> I've make a simple program:
>>
>> uses crt;
>> 
>> begin
>> end.
>> 
>> then crash by that error message ... "Devide by zero"
>> I've tracking by Turbo Debugger ...
>> but ... the memory crash ( using EMM386.EXE ) ..
>> my computer had to restart again ...
>I thought I'd explained that problem properly, but if you are new on 
>the list i will explain it another time... hopefully the last one *puh*
>So, in the crt-library is a function called delay(). This function stops 
>the program for a specifed amount of time, normally such like 500 
>milliseconds or so. This function must calculate some variables 
>using the speed of the cpu cause the program must stop 500 
>milliseconds on a faster computer, too. But due to the muddy 
>programming of the Borland (now Inprise) team this will cause a 
>runtime error 200: division by zero on computers faster than 200 
>mhz.
>This bug is only able to fix using pre-written patchers, just like 
>tppatch which i prefer, or you sit down and patch the file manually 
>which takes long and is difficult <- asm debugging, deleting of code 
>without changing any important, and so on...
>
>You see, if you still want develop under tp/bp7 for high speed 
>computers you need special knowledge or a patcher. Just serach 
>the net for it or ask me to send it to you (5k zipped).
>king.fish@myokay.net?subject=tppatch
>
>
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I have found the case when I use a Celeron processor. But when use another I can execute with no error. 


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