Date: Thu, 18 Mar 93 12:03:19 CST
From: ccc AT sun4 DOT ee DOT ncku DOT edu DOT tw (Chang-Li Chin (Master 92))
To: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject: Re: DPMI & new GO32


dpmii.com won't run under Windows NT, preliminary version.

What I would like to see in a brand new version of go32 are:
1, faster interface into MS-DOS file operations.
2, speaking of memory mapping, what about memory mapped files?
3, man pages of the library functions and utilities.
4, a port of TCP/IP, using the Crynwr Packet Drivers as the network interface
   drivers.  IP, ARP, TCP, UDP, socket libraries, and the Sun RPC library 
   should all be ported.  A good start is the MIT/CMU PC/IP.  I had thought
   of porting PC/IP to DJGPP, but GO32 changes regularly and I hadn't make
   my lazy bones start to do the port until something stable and not changing
   frequently comes up.  Perhaps a somewhat union real-protected interface
   can be supported in the new GO32?

DJGPP is a great stuff.  When I need lots of memory for my data structures and
good computation speed, I always use DJGPP if a workstation is not available.
However, when it comes to doing a lot of disk I/O, I had to switch back to old
MSC 5.1, the compiler with tons of bugs.  Network programs too.

Oh god I wish DJGPP can have compatible file access performance and network
support!  Amen!

Charlie.

Charles Changli Chin,  ccc AT sun4 DOT ee DOT ncku DOT edu DOT tw,  ccc AT eembox DOT ncku DOT edu DOT tw
EE-CE, NCKU, Tainan, Taiwan.