3 Hardware and Software Requirements

This chapter describes what are the hardware and software which will allow you to use DJGPP. Minimum, "reasonable" and optimal system configurations are listed.

• Minimum: You cannot run DJGPP unless you have this.
• OS2: Peculiarities of OS/2.
• WindowsNT: Is DJGPP compatible with Windows/NT?
• DOSEmu: Can I run DJGPP on Linux?
• i286: Why can't I run DJGPP on a 286?
• Windows apps: Can I write Windows applications with DJGPP?
• Optimal hardware: Here is your dream machine description.
• Reasonable hardware: For the rest of us....
• Config: How to configure your system software for DJGPP.
• More than 64MB: How to set up your system for maximum memory.