Message-Id: <3.0.1.16.19980719172104.2b97284a@shadow.net>
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 17:21:04
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
From: Ralph Proctor <ralphgpr AT shadow DOT net>
Subject: Re: Returned mail: User unknown
In-Reply-To: <199807191915.PAA05759@mail.shadow.net>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Precedence: bulk

At 03:15 PM 7/19/98 -0400, you wrote:

>Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 14:59:41
>To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
>From: Ralph Proctor <ralphgpr AT shadow DOT net>

>At 01:59 PM 7/19/98 +0300, you wrote:
>
>>The FAQ explains in section 15.8 that the first DJGPP program takes up
>>about 90KB in conventional memory when it uses CWSDPMI; other DPMI
>>servers use similar amounts.  So you should expect your conventional
>>memory to be lower than with COMMAND.COM.
>>
>>The only case where you need to worry about this is when you run
>>deeply-nested Makefile's.  In these cases, you will have one level
>>less available to you, due to DOS memory limitation.  But these cases
>>are extremely rare.
>
>Oh, Eli: It just occurred to me--do you think I would be able to run the
>Allegro make with my
>BASH shell (no command.com)?
>
>I'm not planning on doing it soon because I have a good Allegro + WIP
>installed, but it is an
>interesting point. If one could run the Allegro make with it-- that would
>be impressive!!
>What do you think? Has it ever been done before?
>
>Ralph

Ralph Proctor
Coral Gables, Florida
ralphgpr AT shadow DOT net
For one shining moment
we had Steve Wozniak