Xref: news2.mv.net comp.os.msdos.djgpp:5115 comp.unix.programmer:19444 From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: comp.unix.programmer,comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: best UNIX-->DOS porting compiler? Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1996 08:28:57 +0200 Organization: NetVision LTD. Lines: 12 Message-ID: References: <4q3ce3$o77 AT agate DOT berkeley DOT edu> <4q3uvh$ntu AT titan DOT saturn DOT net> NNTP-Posting-Host: is.elta.co.il Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <4q3uvh$ntu@titan.saturn.net> To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp On 17 Jun 1996, Brian Mitchell wrote: > >2) Can I run DJGPP programs under a Win3.1 shell? How bout a Win95 > > or a WinNT shell? > > It might in Real mode 3.1 (is that still supported?) but if win 3.1 goes > into pmode, I'm almost 100% sure that djgpp compiled programs will not work. That's not true. DJGPP *does* run under Win 3.x in 386-enhanced mode. I do it every day. DJGPP produces programs that are DPMI clients, and Windows has a built-in DPMI server that satisfies the client calls.