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Can anyone tell me which version of turbo c will work on windows 7 and from where to download it free...

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3920351/what-is-wrong-with-using-turbo-c — Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams, Dec 24 '10 at 19:55
Turbo C is ancient, non-standard and unsupported. Consider using a modern standards-compliant compiler instead. — Paul R, Dec 24 '10 at 20:58
You'll need an emulator first, and then you'll need to set up an MS-DOS virtual machine. Try [VirtualBox](http://www.virtualbox.org/). As other answers have mentioned, there are a multitude of problems with using such an old compiler on a new computer, especially if you're running the 64-bit edition of Win 7. — Cody Gray - on strike, Dec 25 '10 at 04:57
Don't use Turbo C. I know your teachers made you. But don't anyway. — Lightness Races in Orbit, Sep 09 '11 at 09:55

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited Sep 09 '11 at 09:55

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You can download it here. This is from the Embarcadero site; it does require registration before you can download it.

I do not know if you will be able to use this on Windows 7. I recently installed Borland Pascal 7 on a DOS 6.22 VM, just for kicks; the BP7 cannot be run on 64 bit Windows 7.

If you are targeting the windows platform have you considered looking at Visual C++ Express? It is free and quite functional.

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Lightness Races in Orbit

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answered Dec 24 '10 at 20:16

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+1 if you are on windows platform best IDE would be Microsoft Visual C++ Express – Vishwanath Dalvi Dec 25 '10 at 11:20

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 24 '10 at 20:19

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Turbo C can not be used to target Windows 7. You may be able to run your Turbo C program in a compatibility mode but, unless there's a newer version I'm unaware of, you won't even be able to do that on Windows 7 64-bit.

answered Dec 24 '10 at 20:19

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score 1 · Answer 3 · 2018-08-31T05:13:40.470

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I don't recommend Turbo C. It's obsolete.

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Produces 16bit applications which dosen't work in modern OS.
The code is DOS specific.
Autocomplete not supported.
Dosen't support modern C++ syntax.
The project is discontinued.

I recommend Visual Studio. It's good for programming.

That said, Turbo C is still downloadable.

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answered Aug 31 '18 at 03:27

Can you say why you think Turbo C is obsolete? – Max von Hippel Aug 31 '18 at 03:39
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It produces 16bit applications. Which can't be executed in modern computers. The code is **DOS** specific. It don't have autocomplete feature. Doesn't support modern C++ syntax. The project is discontinued. – Aug 31 '18 at 04:01
I'm convinced! Thank your for elaborating. – Max von Hippel Sep 02 '18 at 05:19
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Turbo C produces, 16-bit DOS specific code, which in modern computers can't be run. Since Windows 7 or so Microsoft discontinued supporting 16-bit applications, also nor GNU/Linux's `wine` can emulate with this kind of architecture. Yes, that was I two years ago @MaxvonHippel. – tripulse Aug 02 '20 at 12:12

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 09 '11 at 09:51

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Turbo C will work up to Vista. It will also work in 32 bit editions of Windows 7, in XP or 98 compatibility mode. It will not work on any 64-bit versions of Windows.

For 64 bit Windows I recommend DOSBox.

answered Sep 09 '11 at 09:51

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