Date: Tue, 31 Jan 95 22:07:07 EST
From: peprbv AT cfa0 DOT harvard DOT edu (Bob Babcock)
To: scott_ankrum AT VNET DOT IBM DOT COM
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject: Re: Missing gasxxx.zip
Reply-To: babcock AT cfa DOT harvard DOT edu

>     I assume (ASS out of yoU and ME) that whatever the latest version
> is is what I want. I could not find any version of gasxxxbn.zip, which
> is supposed to be required. Where can I find it?

The packaging has changed.  The assembler is now in the bnuXXXbn.zip file.
To your list of files I would add the maintenance updates dj112m1.zip through
dj112m3.zip (it looks like there may soon be a replacement gcc263bn.zip and a
maint4 update).  Also, the C++ include files and docs are in lgp262bn.zip and
lgp262dc.zip (yes 262, not 263).

>     Are there any special instructions for OS/2 as apposed to DOS?
> Will I be able to compile under OS/2 or just execute the resulting
> programs?

Yes you can compile.  You'll probably find that you need to use the real-mode
gcc which is in gcc263rm.zip.  The protected-mode gcc seemed to consume some
resource and crash after multiple compilations.  I don't think this was ever
fixed, but OS/2 and djgpp have both been upgraded since the last time I tried
it.  (There doesn't seem to be any reason not to use the real-mode gcc in all
environments, but since it is compiled with Turbo C, it is an "impure"
solution.)  Make, especially if used recursively, likes to have lots of DOS
memory.  Under OS/2, you can set the VIDEO_MODE_RESTRICTION to CGA and get a
720K+ window.  The DPMI_MEMORY_LIMIT should be pushed up some from the 4MB
default, say to 8 or 16MB.