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	(message from Rugxulo on Tue, 17 Mar 2009 04:46:52 -0700 (PDT))
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> Well, with x86-64 already having been around for five years, and RAM
> steadily increasing (2 GB or more seems to be default amount in new
> computers ... slowly creeping towards the dreaded 4 GB limit), that
> won't help us (as you already know).

For larger systems, I recommend Linux.  But I've heard of people still
using DJGPP for embedded PC applications.

> Well, technically, that was DJGPP v1, right?

Right, but v1 is still on the ftp servers too.

> Pardon my ignorance, but I doubt it works with v2. (At least the X
> emu libs don't due to GRX v1 vs. v2 incompatibilities.) Besides,
> Symantec owns Desqview and hasn't marketed it at all, so it's long
> dead and buried (which is kinda annoying), so that's no help.

Yup.