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Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 16:52:38 -0800
From: Nate Eldredge <nate AT cartsys DOT com>
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Subject: Re: MS or Borland -> GNU
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Tom Joyce wrote:
> 
> Tom Joyce (T DOT M DOT Joyce AT durham DOT ac DOT uk) wrote:
> : Borland C/C++ 3.1 or Microsoft C 5.1 and are not compiling properly for
> : me. Are there any utilities available for converting the header and
> : library files from either of these "flavours" of C to one my GNU C
> : compiler will understand?
> 
> Right, I've found my problem... the code uses "far" pointers. Does anyone
> know if A) just removing far from all the pointers will cause huge
> problems? and B) If so, is there a way to work round it?

Depends.  If they're just `far' for no particular reason, you can remove
them.  If they're casting numbers into far pointers or using MK_FP, they
probably expect to talk to some kind of hardware at various real
addresses.  In which case, see FAQ section 18.4 for how to rewrite these
bits.  Section 17.7 may also help.
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Nate Eldredge
nate AT cartsys DOT com