Date: Mon, 8 Feb 93 09:33:34 -0500
From: unifi!yigal AT uunet DOT UU DOT NET (Yigal Hochberg)
To: uunet!halsp.hitachi.com!jon AT uunet DOT UU DOT NET
Cc: djgpp AT uunet DOT UU DOT NET
Subject: Programmers' editor


> Return-Path: <jon AT halsp DOT hitachi DOT com>
> To: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
> Subject: Re: Programmers' editor
> In-Reply-To: Your message of Fri, 05 Feb 93 15:13:31 PST.
> Date: Fri, 05 Feb 93 17:23:44 PST
> From: Jonathan Ryshpan <uunet!halsp.hitachi.com!jon>
> 
> Is it possible to invoke "M-X compile" under demacs.  I always seem to
> run out of memory.  Here is the result of invoking nmake as the program
> to be run by compile.  Error D2027 probably indicates not enough memory
> (says Microsoft help).
> 
> 	cd c:/src/which/
> 	nmake
> 
> 	Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility   Version 1.11
> 	Copyright (c) Microsoft Corp 1988-90. All rights reserved.
> 
> 		cl /Zi -DDOS which.c
> 	Microsoft (R) C Optimizing Compiler Version 6.00A
> 	Copyright (c) Microsoft Corp 1984-1990. All rights reserved.
> 
> 	which.c
> 	Command line error D2027 : could not execute 'C:\C600\BIN\c2.exe'
> 	NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'cl' : return code '2'
> 	Stop.

There is no enough memory left for both nmake and the compiler.
You should upgrade the compiler version to either 6.00AX or 7.0
they both can use ems/xms and will run with no problems from demacs.
Another solution is to put front-end swaaper in front of the old one.

- Yigal