Mail Archives: djgpp/1995/06/02/17:00:09
> Date: Fri, 02 Jun 95 13:44:23 -0400
> From: peprbv AT cfa0 DOT harvard DOT edu
> To: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
> Reply-To: rbabcock AT cfa DOT harvard DOT edu
> Subject: Re: DJGPP in DOS session under OS/2 Warp?
>
> > Anyways ... going back to original question ... I think you can run DJGPP
> > in a DOS VDM without any problems. I was talking to somebody about this
> > just the other day. The guy I was talking to did mention that there is a
> > "quirk" with the DJGPP GO32 extender in a DOS VDM. I can't remember what
> > it was 'tho.
>
> The quirk is that you need to use the real-mode gcc when compiling, but this
> has no performance implications. (Remember that gcc is merely a control
I think you don't have to use real-mode gcc if system memory is enough.
I could compile with regular gcc without troubles.
> program which calls cpp, cc1, etc. to do the real work.) The other problem
> is that, for the most part, the djgpp graphics libraries don't work under
> DPMI, nor does the method some programs use to get at the first MB of memory
> (including text video memory). GO32 v2 will be DPMI-only, so requiring that
> your code work under DPMI now is a good thing.
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// Wonkoo Kim
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