Mail Archives: djgpp/1997/07/18/11:19:27
csantill AT lausd DOT k12 DOT ca DOT us wrote in article
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> from: csantill AT lausd DOT k12 DOT ca DOT us
>
> Someone had a good idea of including all packages on a CD and
> running/compiling/debugging w/DJGPP directly off the CD. My only
> question is would it remove some people who use 386SX/2MB RAM systems
> w/o CD-ROM(the system requirements, but pretty dog-slow systems
> anyways)? I would definitely buy DJGPP on a CD but that would defeat
> DJ's purpose wouldn't it?
>
Why would it? (so long as DJ approved of course)
They could still download the files off the net, or order the whole
disk set from DJ.
It'd just be one more distribution channel.
(I wouldn't mind having backups of the files on CD at any rate, just
incase my disks were to crash)
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