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Date: Sun, 9 Nov 1997 12:34:41 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Barry Rodewald <bsr AT hn DOT pl DOT net>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: DJGPP under WinNT?
In-Reply-To: <3462452B.6B91@hn.pl.net>
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.971109123259.11475C-100000@is>
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On Fri, 7 Nov 1997, Barry Rodewald wrote:

> I remember reading that NT 3.x cannot spawn DPMI processes.  I don't
> know about NT 4 though, it may work there.  I have also heard of a
> real-mode compiler that work under NT, but I can't remember the location
> of where to find it.  Maybe someone else will enlighten you.

This info is *way* stale.  It is correct for DJGPP v1.x and *very* old 
versions of NT and OS/2.  With NT 3.5 and above, and DJGPP v2, everything 
should work, and you should not need real-mode gcc anymore.  See the FAQ 
for more details.

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