Date: Fri, 31 Mar 1995 13:27:03 -0500
From: kagel AT quasar DOT bloomberg DOT com
To: ah230 AT leo DOT nmc DOT edu
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject: Re: 80286, 8088 cross compile
Reply-To: kagel AT ts1 DOT bloomberg DOT com

   From: ah230 AT leo DOT nmc DOT edu (Donald R. Harter Jr.)
   Reply-To: ah230 AT leo DOT nmc DOT edu
   >
   >
   >	Is it possible to compile programs with gcc to execute on a 80286 
   >or 8088 (PC AT, XT)?  I did not find any option for these in the gcc info 
   >file.  go32 would not work on these systems.
   >	Why would I want to use such outdated systems?  There are 
   >applications such as word processing that don't require the latest in 
   >computing technology.
   >	Don ah230 AT leo DOT nmc DOT edu
   >
   >
   >
Note that the purpose of DJGPP is not, with appologies to BISON's clone, to
provise Yet Another "C" Compiler; it is intended to provide a 32bit, flat 
memory map, development environment for Intel/MS-DOS platforms.


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Art S. Kagel, kagel AT ts1 DOT bloomberg DOT com