From:	AndrewJ <luminous-is AT REMOVE DOT home DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: Common DOS programs in DJGPP
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On Wed, 13 Sep 2000 14:26:46 +1000, Andrew Apted <ajapted AT netspace DOT net DOT au>
wrote:

>Jakub Nadolny writes:
>
>>  sorry for newbie question: is it possible to make with DJGPP common
>>  DOS programs (I mean: not protected mode and if possible 16-bit)?
>>  
>>  If not - maybe you know any free compiler which allows to do it?
>
>The Wolf3D source is 16 bit, and apparently Borland C++ 3.1 is free to
>download, here's the URL I found:

Borland C++ 3.1 is not free to download.  In fact, no "Borland" compiler is,
only some of their "Turbo" compilers (TC2.01, TC++1.01, TP5.5 and a few
others).

Another thing, the link to Borland C++ here:

>   http://www.gebweb.co.uk/wolf3d/source.htm

is illegal.  It's also not the full Borland C++ 3.1 compiler, which weighs in
at about 20 MB, not 4MB.

And, the instructions to install and build Wolfenstein 3d are extremely
convoluted.  Why would one unzip the source to both \WOLFSRC and \TC\BIN?
That's just dumb.  And if it's Borland C++ (which I suspect it's not, rather
probably TC++ 3.0), why install it to \TC instead of \BC?

Finally, what the he*l does Wolf3D have to do with the original posters
question?

-- 
AndrewJ

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