Date: Fri, 28 Oct 1994 12:00:41 UTC+0200
From: Francesc Guasch-Ortiz <frankie AT si DOT upc DOT es>
Subject: Go32 in a 286
To: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu


Frankie wrote:

> > When I run go32 in a machine that is not a 386 it just hangs (sic).
> > Is there a way to know if the machine is not able to run the program
> > and write a message like "Get a better computer" ?

Charles Sandman wrote:

> GO32 has the code in place.  The problem is that GO32 is compiled with the -1
> option to generate 186+ instructions.  It should give the correct error message
> on a 286, but will not work on a 8088 without a GO32 recompile.

> We were just discussing if this even needed to be fixed for V2.0 since noone 
> had noticed it :-)   I would guess you think so.

I dont want anyone wasting time on such a little bug. Anyway when I tested go32
it was on a IBM PS/2, a 286 with 300 something ks of XMS.

As you say, that machine is not supposed to hang.

Anyway, ain't no way to know the machine ? an int or something ?
I'm willing to write a kinda .BAT for detecting the machine before running
the .EXE

	\ frankie /