Sender: Bob AT standalone Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: Is it possible to get djgpp to run in OS/2 ? References: <018401c08009$0d77f440$6300a8c0 AT brk> From: Bob Babcock Message-ID: Organization: Not organized Lines: 15 X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.7/Emacs 20.6 Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 04:39:14 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 63.13.130.82 X-Complaints-To: abuse AT earthlink DOT net X-Trace: newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net 979706354 63.13.130.82 (Tue, 16 Jan 2001 20:39:14 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 20:39:14 PST To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com > >In that case, let me give another hint: Your subject line says you're > >using OS/2. DJGPP may not be the optimal tool for the task, then, > >depending on what you want to do with it. The usual choice on OS/2 is > >another GCC port, called 'emx'. You'll find in on any sensible OS/2 > >software collection, including the well-known 'Hobbes' service. > > > May I have the URL, please? http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-browse?sh=1&dir=/pub/os2/dev/emx OS/2 is also a good environment for running djgpp. For example, you can set the video_mode_restriction to CGA in the window where you do the compiling to give an extra 100K of DOS memory. That tends to make a lot of funny problems go away.