Microsoft C/C++ 5.x

This is the original standalone Microsoft C/C++ compiler for DOS and Windows - Later versions were rebranded and renumbered as Microsoft Visual C++ and were bundled with Visual Studio or the SDKs.

Wanted: Manuals, manuals, manuals! - Wanted: Microsoft C 1.00



Release notes

Added Huge Model (arrays bigger than 64k), loop optimizations, CVPACK, and QuickC compiler.

5.10 adds OS/2 support. Also adds BIND, EXEHDR and IMPLIB, DOS (CV) and OS/2 (CVP) versions of CodeView.

Wanted: Manual scans

Product type
DevTool
Vendor
Microsoft
Release date
1987
Minimum CPU
8088
User interface
Text
Platform
DOS
Download count
8 (5 for release)

Downloads

Download name Version Language Architecture File size Downloads
Microsoft C Compiler 5.0 (1987) (5.25-360k) 5.0 English 2.45MB 2
Microsoft C Compiler 5.1 (1988) (5.25-1.2mb) 5.1 English 1.47MB 2
Microsoft C Compiler 5.1 (OS2 Software Development Kit) (1988) (5.25-360k) (3.5-720k) 5.1 (OS2 SDK) English 50.67MB 1

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