From:	eplmst AT lu DOT erisoft DOT se (Martin Stromberg)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: question about DJGPP
Date:	16 Sep 1999 11:39:45 GMT
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(Johnny Chan) (johnny_chan AT phoenix DOT com) wrote:
: I am a HW guy and not familiar with DOS ext programming. I would like to get the some feedback from you SW guru on this matter.

: I am planning to develop a HW test software. The best OS choice to me is DOS because I can have full control on the HW side. Since all the machines thesedays are in 32bits. My software have to be able to run on 32b protected mode (just like NT or UNIX but without multi-thread and VM) Huge physical memory (2-4GB) will be required during stress test. 

: I know VCPP no longer support DOS. I do have Borland C4/5, also the Watcom C/C++ 10.6. But none of them come w/ DOS ext support. I am thinking to use DJGPP because the support group is still very active. I wonder if which extender should I use? I need fast and straighforward 4GB memory access but with no Virtual memory, What do you think?

: Any suggestion are welcome!
: --jC

Hmm. Sounds hard. CWSDPMI v.5 (not released yet) has been reported to support
_up_ to 2GB. But more... How much RAM can PMODE (or whatever it's called)
use?


Right,

							MartinS

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