From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Windows ME and DJGPP
Date: 23 Jan 2001 14:10:52 GMT
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Richard Dawe <rich AT phekda DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk> wrote:

> By NAT do you mean Network Address Translation? 

He does.

> IIRC this facility is
> provided by Internet Connection Sharing under Windows 98 SE. Doesn't ME
> provide ICS too?

Yes, but that's not the point. The point was to *not* use ME if you
can possibly help it, for reasons explained elsewhere in this
thread. If you don't need NAT, alias ICS, Win98 is perfectly enough,
for usage with DJGPP. If you do, Win98SE is the choice.

Compared to both of these, ME is a pain in the lower back as it comes
to advanced DJGPP usage. Just as an example, you'll have no way of
using the full power of the YAMD memory debugger on an ME system
without applying that highly unofficial patch to re-enable the real
MS-DOS sleeping inside it.
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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.