From: Andrew Crabtree <andrewc AT typhoon DOT rose DOT hp DOT com>
Message-Id: <199801271833.AA169675991@typhoon.rose.hp.com>
Subject: Re: off topic: ix86-pc-msdosdjgpp
To: molnarl AT cdata DOT tvnet DOT hu
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 10:33:10 PST
Cc: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.95.980127181508.18936A-100000@dumballah.tvnet.hu>; from "molnarl@cdata.tvnet.hu" at Jan 27, 98 6:16 pm
Reply-To: andrewc AT rosemail DOT rose DOT hp DOT com
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> I saw this `ix86-pc-msdosdjgpp' in some recent posts. My only
> question is the 'msdos' part. Why must this name contain 'ms'?
> DJGPP works on other DOSes doesn't it?
I know Robert H was the first person to enable it for a port 
(binutils 2.8), but I don't know who came up with it.  Probably 
DJ or RMS....

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