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Date: Mon, 07 Sep 1998 18:19:06 +0100
From: Allens <allen DOT asjp AT cableol DOT co DOT uk>
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Subject: Re: beginner needs advice
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Steve Winston wrote:
> 
> I'm taking my first C programming course, online with ZDU. For a
> compiler, I downloaded DJGPP. I unzipped the packages and installed as
> instructed on the C drive of my pentium 233mmx. I have tried writing
> simple programs from my textbook, using the editor in DOS mode of Win95.
> But they don't compile. What should I do? Should I make a seperate
> partition entirely and install it there? Should I install it on an old
> computer, all by itself with DOS only? Should I forget it and install
> FreeBSD and its compilers on a partition with Win95? This is my first
> foray into anything so technical so any advise is welcome.
> Thanks much, Steve W.

It sounds like you haven't read the instructions in "readme.1st", which 
can be got at the place you got djgpp.  It contains all the instructions 
for setting it up, and compiling programs.  If you have any more 
problems in future could you post more specific information on what was 
wrong, as "They don't compile" is not much to go on.

		Peter Allen