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From: malcolm AT manawatu DOT gen DOT nz (Malcolm Taylor)
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Subject: Re: version2 FAQ out of date
Date: Tue, 04 Jun 1996 05:18:36 GMT
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"A.Appleyard" <A DOT APPLEYARD AT fs2 DOT mt DOT umist DOT ac DOT uk> wrote:

>  Version 2's file DJGPPFAQ.HTM says:-

>> 3.5 MS-Windows applications and DJGPP
>> Q: Can I write MS-Windows applications with DJGPP?
>> A: Currently, you can only run DJGPP programs under Windows as DOS apps
>> (i.e. inside DOS Box). If you need to write true Windows apps, try using the
>> RSX extender with EMX port of GCC and RSXWDK kit for Windows. You can get <a
>> href="ftp://ftp.uni-bielefeld.de/pub/systems/msdos/misc/">RSX by anonymous
>> ftp ... If you cannot reach the above site (some people say that it has
>> closed its anonymous access) ...

>  ftp://ftp.uni-bielefeld.de is still accepting anonymous FTP; but its
>directory tree has completely changed and I can't find RSX in it.

It is there! I just found it today, and the latest version is RSXNT.
This allows conversion to native PE format files and has tools to
handle dlls. I have no experience with using it with djgpp v2 however,
and probably never will have (I got it for reference reasons).

Malcolm