From: kagel AT quasar DOT bloomberg DOT com
Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 15:50:43 -0400
Message-Id: <9605301950.AA03914@quasar.bloomberg.com >
To: boylesgj AT lion DOT cs DOT latrobe DOT edu DOT au
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
In-Reply-To: <4ohs4e$3qj@lion.cs.latrobe.edu.au> (boylesgj@lion.cs.latrobe.edu.au)
Subject: Re: Setting up djgpp.
Reply-To: kagel AT dg1 DOT bloomberg DOT com

   From: boylesgj AT lion DOT cs DOT latrobe DOT edu DOT au (Gregary J Boyles)
   Date: 29 May 1996 15:57:02 GMT

   I have just downloaded djgpp, or part of it, from ftp.simtel.net and I am 
   confused as to the huge number of zip files. 
   What is the difference between binary files and source .zip files? 

Source is the code for the compiler/linker/library/utilities which are part 
of DJGPP.  Binary are the executables and/or libraries themselves.

   Do you need both to run gcc etc?

No!

   What is DPMI or what ever its called?

DPMI is the 'DOS Protected Mode Interface' defined by Microsoft to allow
protected mode programs to interface with DOS OS services and to share memory
between them.

   What does it mean when I get an error message 'No DPMI' when I try to
   run one of the executables?

It means what it says.  You have no DPMI server running.  Some DPMI servers
are: MS Windows/Win95/Windows NT (for Windows and DOS box programs only), QEMM,
CWSDPMI (which is available free from where your acquired DJGPP).  If there is
no DPMI server available DJGPP compiled programs try to load CWSDPMI into
memory just for their run.  The message indicates that there is no DPMI loaded
and the application cannot find CQSDPMI.EXE in the path.

   What are contained in the the following zip files : dpmi....zip, 
   bison....zip, diff....zip,
   grep....zip, finutil....zip, flex....zip, objc....zip, patch....zip, 
   texinfo....zip and are they necessary to run gcc etc?
   What are the minimum necessary zip files required to set up djgpp?