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From: "James Lefavour" <jamesl AT mail DOT albany DOT net>
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Date: Mon, 21 Apr 1997 00:22:08 -0500
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Subject: Re: Usage of directory entries
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> Once upon a time (on 18 Apr 97 at 15:44) Pierre Phaneuf said:
> 
> > On Fri, 18 Apr 1997, Mark Habersack wrote:
> > 
> > > Won't happen IMHO. That would require too much work and practically
> > > implementing a new compiler from scratch. DJGPP has been created on 32-bit
> > > and even 64-bit machines and not on 16-bit oldies. Don't forget that the
> > > main source is for Unix, DJGPP is "just" a port - DJ doesn't write it from
> > > scratch. You cannot expect GCC guys to work on a product they are not
> > > going to use.
> > 
> > Ok, so this is out of question... Now, what 16-bit free C compiler is good
> > enough? And preferably compatible enough with GCC to share
> > #DEFINE/#IFDEF-laden sources?
> Did anyone check the Linux16 project? The BCC compiler there is supposed to 
> work also on DOS. And there's that Micro-C shipped with FreeDOS - it's quite 
> limited tho.

And don't forget - LCC, a compiler that is free for non-commercial 
use, with full source (currently v. 3.6). It can be obtained from:
ftp://ftp.cs.princeton.edu/pub/lcc/


BCC can be obtained from : http://epocha.pd.mcs.net/Linux8086/
Thanks.

Jim
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