To: Joe Marshall <jrm AT packetclustr DOT com>
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject: Re: linking in 16-bit dos libraries 
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 94 12:23:29 +0200
From: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>

> Is it possible to link 32-bit c++ programs with the ubiquitous 16-bit
> libraries out there?

Only if the 16-bit object files are in COFF format accepted
by the GNU Ld linker.  They probably aren't, so you can't.
But don't feel too bad: they probably won't run in protected
mode anyway, because 16-bit compilers emit code which will
frequently GP Fault in protected-mode environment.