I have an old compaq, amd k7 cpu 700mhz, just installed windows xp sp1. Seems to run fine, but won't run my chess program. Gives an error like, pointer entry point not found in kernal.dll. I suppose the cpu is too old, or is there a compiler switch in msvc to enable it?
Will
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Gian-Carlo Pascutto
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Re: amd k7
Doesn't googling for the error give you something?
The only thing missing from that CPU that I can think of would be SSE/SSE2.
The only thing missing from that CPU that I can think of would be SSE/SSE2.
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hgm
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Re: amd k7
It does not sound like a CPU problem to me. If an entry point in a DLL is missing, the compiler is not compatible with the run-time system. That is purely a software issue.
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Gian-Carlo Pascutto
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Re: amd k7
Hmm, good point.
Maybe you're missing the Visual Studio runtimes from the recent compilers?
Maybe you're missing the Visual Studio runtimes from the recent compilers?
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Jim Ablett
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Re: amd k7
Hi Will,Will Singleton wrote:I have an old compaq, amd k7 cpu 700mhz, just installed windows xp sp1. Seems to run fine, but won't run my chess program. Gives an error like, pointer entry point not found in kernal.dll. I suppose the cpu is too old, or is there a compiler switch in msvc to enable it?
Will
Install Microsoft Platform SDK for Windows Server 2003 R2 (http://tinyurl.com/2qn8e5),
set paths in Msvc to use it, libs, includes etc & recompile.
Jim.