Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 16:37:50 +0300
From: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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> From: "Paul Gardiner" <paul AT laser-point DOT co DOT uk>
> Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 12:45:00 +0100
> >
> > Overlays are for programs whose code is too large to fit into the
> > available amount of memory.  DJGPP supports up to 2GB of memory
> > (including virtual memory) on plain DOS, and about 128MB of memory on
> > a typical Windows machine, so you shouldn't need any kludges such as
> > overlays when you compile your programs with DJGPP.
> 
> I wanted to provide a new implementation of an existing .ovl file.

I don't think you can: you will need to reimplement the entire
program, not just one of its overlays.

> Have I misunderstood what DJGPP is about?

I don't know; what _did_ you understand DJGPP was about?

In a nutshell, DJGPP is a compiler and a suite of development tools.

> Thanks for the quick reply, byt the way - especially on a Sunday. :-)

You are welcome.