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> Would the __dgpp_nearptr_enable/disable functions have been one of
> the results of iD's 'footprint in the sand'? What other changes did
> they ask for?

That was the biggie.  I think the rest were bug fixes and minor
features, but I wasn't the one working directly with them.

> BTW Why did they stop using DJGPP? Or was Quake 2 also written with it?

If I recall correctly, they wanted to take advantage of 3D hardware
(OpenGL), and at the time, DJGPP didn't support it, so they switched
to a windows-based development system.