Subject:	Re: Windows NT
From:	Alvin Starr <alvin AT eyepoint DOT com>
To:	djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu (Go32 mail server)
Date:	Thu, 25 Feb 1993 09:17:52 -0500

> Well, I am dreaming about porting GNU stuff to NT. It should be simple
> because NT offers UNIX like environment with pipes and concurrency.  BUT
> I still have no access to Tech ref describing system calls and system architec-
> ture. MSC for NT and its libraries seem to work, so it is probably possibble
[...]

I have heard that the MSC NT format is COFF with some form of header at the
beginning of the file? But since NT will not install on my system I have no way
of verifying this. Also be warned that the POSIX subsystem is not sufficient
to port a POSIX.2 toolset..

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