From:	Charles Sandmann <sandmann AT new-orleans DOT NeoSoft DOT com>
Subject:	Re: v 2.0
To:	steve AT prd DOT co DOT uk
Date:	Mon, 5 Dec 1994 21:27:49 -0600 (CST)
Cc:	djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu

> Could someone in the know tell me whether I should wait for version
> 2.0 before I port a couple of important projects to dgjpp from BCC?
> In other words, will I have much reworking to do?   The likely areas
> of effort will be in accessing specified locations in real memory, and
> in working out whether the customer's machine is set up to be able to
> handle a djgpp executable without hacking the config.sys file.   

Do *NOT* wait.  Start porting now, using either Win 3.1 as your 
execution environment or get a beta copy of the free DPMI from me.  Use 
V1.12m2.  The graphics setup/drivers may change a bit in V2, but
the rest should require nothing more than a re-compile if you are
currently running under Win 3.1 or some other DPMI provider (well,
that's the hope at least).  I hope there are not any configurations
out there that require config.sys changes (not optimization, REQUIRE).

Use the dosmem*() routines or farptr.h and you should be in good shape
accessing real memory.  Avoid int86*() calls which implicitly reference
segment registers (use _go32_dpmi... routines instead).

For nitty gritty details, email me.

BTW, your mailer sets your email return address wrong.

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