From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: Using djgpp/rhide on 32bit OS for hp200lx target?
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 17:59:10 +0300
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On Sat, 12 Sep 1998, G. Frank Paynter wrote:

> My thought is
> that I would first port it to my desktop system running win95 (on the
> hope that the serial port management would be similar to the hp200lx),
> and then compile for 16-bit DOS to run on the hp200lx.

Why do you need to recompile?  DJGPP programs run on Windows 95 and on
plain DOS without any changes.

> Can I accomplish this using djgpp/rhide on my win95 or linux boxes?

Yes.

> If yes, what are the issues I need to consider/resolve?

The interface with the serial port is the single most important
issue (there are several free libraries you could use for that).  Once
you get that solved, everything else should be easy, assuming that the
original code doesn't use graphics and/or X-Windows features.