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On 05.05.2012 16:52, Georg wrote:
> I wonder if it would be possible to write something like Norton/Volkov/
> Midnight commander in djgpp.
Why settle for something "like" Midnight commander? It's quite possible
that with some porting effort, you could just build the real MC on DJGPP.
> When I select an executable file on the screen I would like to execute
> that. However, e.g. system("command.com") will take quite a chunk of
> the available memory in real mode.
No, it won't. The way DJGPP works means that its footprint in the 640
KiB areana is actually quite small.
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