From: Charles Sandmann 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.