Xref: news2.mv.net comp.os.msdos.djgpp:3598 From: alex DOT soto AT analog DOT com (Alex Soto) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: DOS4GW Date: 08 May 1996 08:33:42 -0400 Organization: Analog Devices Inc, Norwood MA, USA Lines: 29 Sender: soto AT thanos DOT analog DOT com Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 137.71.23.3 In-reply-to: "Rafael R. Sevilla"'s message of Wed, 8 May 1996 08:11:44 GMT To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp >>>>> "Rafael" == "Rafael R Sevilla" writes: Rafael> Nope, DOS4GW is none of the above. DOS4GW is Rational Rafael> Systems' DOS/4G DOS Extender stub executable, which is used Rafael> by the Watcom C/C++ 32-bit compilers among others. Well, it Rafael> was used by Doom, Dark Forces, and many other 32-bit Rafael> commercial and shareware games, and it's copyrighted like Rafael> hell. In that you are very right. The royalties necessary for Rafael> distributing software that uses it are murderous to say the Rafael> least. And of course, the answer is it will probably _never_ Rafael> be supported by djgpp. And from my experiences developing Rafael> under this system, it falls short in many respects compared Rafael> to the DPMI that is used by djgpp. For one thing, there's no Rafael> virtual memory (!), and there's that stupid DOS/4GW runtime Rafael> message that shows up whenever you run these programs (as ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Rafael> anyone who's ever played Doom knows)! And running DOS/4GW Rafael> programs under Windows DOS boxes is an iffy proposition at Rafael> best. Put in your autoexec.bat: set dos4g=quiet Mystic -- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Mystic (508) 668-9713 (Home) (alex DOT soto AT analog DOT com) (617) 461-3822 (Work) Analog Devices, Inc ----------------------------------------------------------------