From: Nate Eldredge <neldredge AT hmc DOT edu>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Allegro Make Time
Date: Tue, 05 Oct 1999 19:08:28 -0700
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jcditz AT tardis DOT svsu DOT edu wrote:
> 
> This may be a dumb question, but maybe someone can tell me what in the
> world I'm doing wrong.
> I have DJGPP installed on a 486 SX 33 with 8 MB of RAM and about 150 MB
> of free HDD space (built the computer from spare partS). I tried to
> make Allegro on it though...
> And its going at incredibly slow speeds. Its been running for 30+ hours
> and its nowhere near done yet.
> bmp.c alone took about 10 hours to get through, thats only a 15 KB
> file!

That does seem rather excessive.  You might have a look at FAQ section
3.9, which has tips on how to optimally configure things for DJGPP.

If you don't have success with the FAQ's instructions, try posting:

* Your AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS
* OS version
* Output of `go32-v2'
* Output of `mem'
-- 

Nate Eldredge
neldredge AT hmc DOT edu