Date: Thu, 4 Jan 1996 09:15:37 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Lee Braiden <lee_b AT celestia DOT dnet DOT co DOT uk>
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject: Re: What do I need for Windows code ?


On Wed, 3 Jan 1996, Lee Braiden wrote:

> Can anyone give me a list of everything I'll need to write "native" 
> Windows code with DJGPP ?

This is from the DJGPP FAQ list (available as faq102.zip from the same 
place you get DJGPP):

2.5   Q: Can I write MS-Windows applications with DJGPP?
      A: Currently, you can only run DJGPP programs under Windows as DOS
         apps (i.e. in DOS Box).  If you need to write true Windows apps,
         try using the RSX extender with EMX port of GCC and RSXWDK kit
         for Windows.  RSX may be found by anonymous ftp to
         ftp.uni-bielefeld.de, in the directory /pub/systems/msdos/misc.


11.5  Q: Where can I get this RSX extender?
      A: RSX is available by anonymous ftp from ftp.uni-bielefeld.de in
         the directory /pub/systems/msdos/misc.  The RSX extender includes
         its own FP emulator and can run DJGPP programs in DPMI mode.
         People who tried this, report that you must download and unzip
         the RSXWDK2 source archive, not only the binaries (otherwise
         you'll get General Protection Faults when you try to run DJGPP
         programs), and replace your ld.exe with the old one distributed
         with DJGPP 1.11m5 (the linker distributed with 1.12m4 aborts
         claiming it doesn't have enough memory).  See question 8.12 for
         details on getting that older ld.exe.