From:	Andrew Cottrell <andnews AT ihug DOT com DOT oz DOT au>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Generate real-mode 386 DOS executables?
Date:	Mon, 06 Jan 2003 20:27:06 +1100
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On Sun, 05 Jan 2003 23:02:57 GMT, Spam Averse <nobody AT spamcop DOT net> >I
have a project that is currently built with Borland's Turbo C/C++
v3.0.  
>(For you youngsters, this circa 1992 compiler generates 16-bit DOS 
>executables for the 86/186/286 CPUs.)  The code is run on a Pentium-based 
>embedded system under MS-DOS v6.22.  Not only does this compiler not 
>generate 32-bit code, but the code that it does generate is terribly 
>inefficient.  I'm considering DJGPP as a replacement for the Turbo C/C++ 
>compiler.
Have a look at freedos (www.freedos.org) as MS don't support DOS
anymore and it's official as of 31-Dec-2002.

DJGPP apps that I use work okay without any extended memory manager.

The other good thig about freedos in an embedded systems area is that
you can get the source code and I think all of the tool's to re-build
it free of charge (TC 1.0 is avilable as a free download from Borland
and it's even older than the one you use!!!).

Andrew

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