Xref: news-dnh.mv.net comp.os.msdos.djgpp:1220 Path: news-dnh.mv.net!mv!news.sprintlink.net!gatech!swrinde!news.uh.edu!uuneo.neosoft.com!news!sandmann From: Charles Sandmann Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: DJGPP V2.0 and Windows NT Date: Fri, 28 Jul 1995 12:00:23 CDT Organization: NeoSoft Internet Services +1 713 968 5800 Lines: 17 References: <1995Jul28 DOT 132546 DOT 11541 AT clark DOT dgim DOT doc DOT ca> Reply-To: sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu Nntp-Posting-Host: praline.no.neosoft.com To: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu Dj-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp > an option for me. What I've been reading lately has discouraged me from > Windows 95 and has shifted the likelihood towards NT. However, as I > understand it, DJGPP V1.x will not run under NT as it does for me in a DOS > box under Windows 3.x. Will V2.0 work without restrictions under NT? Single images should run under NT with either V1.x or V2.0. The problem is NT does not support nested DPMI tasks - the nested task destroys the parent task's state. This means you can't use the 32 bit GCC driver or 32 bit make tools under NT (or Linux for that matter, same problem). This problem remains with V2.0. There is a potential workaround but noone is currently working on it. The only fix for now is to use the real mode 16-bit gcc and some real-mode-16-bit make. I have found Win 95 to be very fragile (contrary to other opinions, less stable so far than Win 3.1) and Win NT to be very stable (and I haven't even installed 3.51 yet). Win NT is slower, needs more memory, but will get rebooted 1/100th as many times when doing development. Your milage may vary.