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From: Chris Mears <chris_mears AT softhome DOT net>
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Subject: Re: compiling
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Date: Wed, 05 May 1999 21:50:38 +1000
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Nate Eldredge wrote:
> 
> Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia wrote:
> >
> > El día Sun, 2 May 1999 11:32:56 +0300 (IDT), Eli Zaretskii
> > <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> escribió:
> >
> > >
> > >On Sat, 1 May 1999, Alexander_Pankov wrote:
> > >
> > >> How to compile with DJGPP exe without extender?
> > >
> > >DJGPP-compiled programs don't include any extender.
> >
> > What is go32, then?
> >
> > DJGPP compiled programs don't use an *external * extender (like dos4gw
> > and others), but they use go32, which is itself a built-in DOS
> > extender.
> 
> Not in v2.x, they don't.
> 
> go32 was indeed a DOS extender, used for v1.x.  It could be "internal"
> (merged with the executable) or "external" (a separate file), but was
> always needed.  In v2.x it is gone; all protected-mode stuff is handled
> through DPMI.
> 
> There are still some functions with `_go32' names for historical
> reasons, but they're now implemented in terms of DPMI, and go32.exe is
> gone.

Do we need to include cwsdpmi.exe with djgpp-compiled programs?  I
haven't much knowledge of protected mode stuff...too lazy :)

Chris

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> Nate Eldredge
> nate AT cartsys DOT com