From:	pmonks AT iname DOT com (Peter Monks)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: RSX and/or Cygwin question (again...)
Date:	Mon, 10 Mar 97 23:28:16 GMT
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In article <33235C8A DOT 3C2206E3 AT inficad DOT com>, Joel Hardy <_deeng AT inficad DOT com> wrote:
>I'm sure this question is in a FAQ somewhere, and I'm sure it's
>been answered the exact same way millions of times, but I can't find the
>answer (although I guess I could look a little harder).  Can you sell
>programs you write with Cygwin?  I'm under the impression that you
>can't, which really annoys me (why can't it be like DJGPP?).  Also,
>about RSX: is there anybody here that has actually gotten it to work? 

Yes.  It took me about half an hour to port a fairly simple puzzle game I 
wrote some years ago using BC++ 3.1 (and no code changes were necessary, I 
just had to write a makefile from the Borland project file).

There are some added complications in getting it to work with DJGPP v2.01 and 
C++, but these are covered in the FAQ, so seek and ye shall find!

Although I havent used Cygwin much, I did have an initial play with it, and 
was shocked to find that all (some?) programs that are compiled with it 
require a 4Mb runtime DLL containing libc.  I didn't bother looking any 
further, since RSX only requires a 40K runtime DLL (and it doesn't require me 
to keep two compilers on my machine).

>Also, can I sell programs I make with RSX?  Thanks in advance, and
>please don't flame me for my ignorance/lazyness.

You cannot sell programs written using RSX until a commercial license fee of 
US$20 is paid.  Free programs do not require payment of the license fee.  This 
information is included in the RSXNTDJ.HLP help file included in the RSX 
package.

In the light of possible retro-moderation, you'd better get used to searching 
the FAQ before you post, since it is against this groups charter to post 
questions that are answered by the FAQ.

In any event, the FAQ makes for great reading (I can't count the number of 
times I've gone in to look for something and become sidetracked by some other 
interesting topic!).  Or maybe I just don't get out enough...

Cheers,
Peter


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