Mail Archives: djgpp/1996/05/09/00:33:08
>>>>> "Rafael" == "Rafael R Sevilla" <rsevilla AT upd DOT edu DOT ph> writes:
Rafael> Nope, DOS4GW is none of the above. DOS4GW is Rational
Rafael> Systems' DOS/4G DOS Extender stub executable, which is used
Rafael> by the Watcom C/C++ 32-bit compilers among others. Well, it
Rafael> was used by Doom, Dark Forces, and many other 32-bit
Rafael> commercial and shareware games, and it's copyrighted like
Rafael> hell. In that you are very right. The royalties necessary for
Rafael> distributing software that uses it are murderous to say the
Rafael> least. And of course, the answer is it will probably _never_
Rafael> be supported by djgpp. And from my experiences developing
Rafael> under this system, it falls short in many respects compared
Rafael> to the DPMI that is used by djgpp. For one thing, there's no
Rafael> virtual memory (!), and there's that stupid DOS/4GW runtime
Rafael> message that shows up whenever you run these programs (as
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Rafael> anyone who's ever played Doom knows)! And running DOS/4GW
Rafael> programs under Windows DOS boxes is an iffy proposition at
Rafael> best.
Put in your autoexec.bat: set dos4g=quiet
Mystic
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