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Date: Sat, 02 May 1998 16:30:49 -0300
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
From: "Thiago F.G. Albuquerque" <thiagofga AT ambr DOT com DOT br>
Subject: Re: Should I get the RSX library?
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At 17:41 01/05/98 GMT, you wrote:
>What are people's opinions of the RSX library for DJGPP?  I would like to 
>write Win95 based applications, but my brother told me that RSX basically 
>doesn't work.  What do other people think?  It is powerful, easy to use, 
>a pain in the ass?  Is there good documentation for it?  Any feedback 
>would be appreciated before I spend the time to download it.
>
>TIA,
>Mark

Listen: this thing is HUGE. Be prepared to waste about 30MB of HD space
with it. It is not the library itself that is big, it is this "Platform
SDK" (Software Development Kit) you have to download from the MS site
(http://www.microsoft.com/msdn/ - look for the file iBLDENV.Exe) that is
big. The instalation is the most complicated I've ever seen for a library
(you have to make many settings you don't know what for, manually edit
.devs, .bats, ... it takes time). And it didn't work (at least for me).

Best regards,
Thiago