From:	"A.Appleyard" <A DOT APPLEYARD AT fs2 DOT mt DOT umist DOT ac DOT uk>
To:	DJGPP AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Date:	Mon, 19 Feb 1996 11:12:25 GMT
Subject:	Re: v2 and dpmi
Cc:	DJGPP AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Message-Id:	<31A6D394110@fs2.mt.umist.ac.uk>

  Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> wrote (> Subject: Re: v2 and dpmi):-

> [Compiling a Gnu C/C++ file to an .EXE file which you run on another PC] is
> much like in v1.x, if you substitute CWSDPMI for GO32. The differences are
> that there are other DPMI servers whereas there was no substitute for GO32;
> and that currently there is no way to bind CWSDPMI with the .exe to make the
> .exe stand-alone

> (but probably such a possibility will be added in the future).

When? The sooner the better. Currently a Gnu C/C++ A.OUT can be made (by
prefixing go32.exe) into a completely independent .exe file. It seems that
with v2 the .exe file will be hostage to any faults of whatever DPMI the
recipient's PC has, or to him not running DPMI at all.

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