Mail Archives: djgpp/1994/12/06/03:34:40
> Could someone in the know tell me whether I should wait for version
> 2.0 before I port a couple of important projects to dgjpp from BCC?
> In other words, will I have much reworking to do? The likely areas
> of effort will be in accessing specified locations in real memory, and
> in working out whether the customer's machine is set up to be able to
> handle a djgpp executable without hacking the config.sys file.
Do *NOT* wait. Start porting now, using either Win 3.1 as your
execution environment or get a beta copy of the free DPMI from me. Use
V1.12m2. The graphics setup/drivers may change a bit in V2, but
the rest should require nothing more than a re-compile if you are
currently running under Win 3.1 or some other DPMI provider (well,
that's the hope at least). I hope there are not any configurations
out there that require config.sys changes (not optimization, REQUIRE).
Use the dosmem*() routines or farptr.h and you should be in good shape
accessing real memory. Avoid int86*() calls which implicitly reference
segment registers (use _go32_dpmi... routines instead).
For nitty gritty details, email me.
BTW, your mailer sets your email return address wrong.
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