From: ogrimes AT bellatlantic DOT net (Alan Grimes) Subject: Lets get this streight. 18 Dec 1998 13:15:15 -0800 Message-ID: <367AA8F2.88A82AD5.cygnus.gnu-win32@bellatlantic.net> References: <003e01be2a36$706636a0$fa173185 AT gbird0 DOT fu DOT is DOT saga-u DOT ac DOT jp> Reply-To: ogrimes AT bellatlantic DOT net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Colin Peters , N8TM AT aol DOT com, Geoffrey Noer , earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com Cc: "gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com" Thank you for responding directly to me, now I have a list of people I can rant at. =P I'll respond to each of your totally misguided attempts at a reply that indicate that you did little more than skim what I was writing. just be warned, I AM NOT IN A GOOD MOOD!!! (netscape is messing up worse than usual today so I'm going to have to reboot after finishing this.) Colin Peters wrote: > > Alan Grimes wrote: > > >I'm kindof emberased to ask this but >>I really need a DOS readable archive of the project... DOES THIS PHRASE NOT MAKE ANY SENSE TO YOU??? WHY DO YOU NOT ANSWER THIS REQUEST RATHER THAN GOING TO GREAT LENGTHS TO EXPLAIN TO ME THAT I'M A MORON WHEN I ALREADY STATED AS MUCH IN MY "PS:". >> Specifically, If you could pkzip anything that resembles a BFD > >library or a linker and the associated documentation and anything else that > you > >think will help an aspiring OS maker THIS IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO. I HAVE NO INTREST IN YOUR FUMBLING ATTEMPTS AT MAKING A PIECE OF $#!+ (WINDOZE) SHINE... I DISLIKE BEING ON YOUR MAILINGLIST BECAUSE IT CHEWS UP ALL MY BANDWIDTH AND TIME!! :( THAT MEANS I'M NOT TRYING TO GET YOUR [THING] TO RUN ON MY PIECE OF CRAP. (IT CAN BARELY RUN SOLITARE). I'M TRYING TO SALVAGE SOME USEFULL BITS OF CODE FROM IT TO HELP ME WRITE MY OWN OS. THIS IS WHAT I NEED: -BFD libraries for 16 and 32 bit microsoft .obj files. :) (the prototype of my OS will be implemented in real mode) -GOOD Documentation for above libraries so I can develop my own executable file format. >and send it on to my addy, I will be MOST gratefull! :) > I think you want to check out DJGPP. That is the DOS port of gcc. There's a > link off the Related Sites part of the Cygwin project page, down at the > bottom. I ALREADY HAVE COMPILERS. I DON'T HAVE A LINKER THAT WILL read microsoft .obj and TARGET ARBITRARRY EXECUTABLE FORMATS!!!! BESIDES DJGPP IS 32 BIT, I'M TRYING TO DO SOMETHING IN REAL MODE HERE... N8TM AT aol DOT com wrote: > > In a message dated 12/17/98 5:57:55 PM Pacific Standard Time, > ogrimes AT bellatlantic DOT net writes: > > << PS, I spent 2 hours downloading the darn "full.exe" form the FTP and my > version > of Win32S (for win 3.11) >> > There's no way it's going to run on anything less than W95, NO $#!+ SHERLOCK!!!! WAS I TRYING TO RUN IT???? HELL NO!! I WAS TRYING TO EXTRACT MY PRECIOUS BFD LIBRARIES FROM THE GODFORSAKEN DISTRIBUTION OF YOURS. > preferably with > USB, so there's no reason for trying to have a 3.1 compatible installer. >I run both of them too. WHY DO YOU PEOPLE KEEP RESPONDING TO MY POSTSCRIPT RATHER THAN THE BODY OF MY TEXT? IS THE IDEA OF SOMEBODY TRYING TO DEVELOP HIS OWN OS TOO DEEP FOR YOUR FEBLE MINDS TO COMPREHEND? Geoffrey Noer wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 17, 1998 at 10:04:46AM -0800, Alan Grimes wrote: > > > > I'm kindof emberased to ask this but I really need a DOS readable > > archive of the project... > > I think you want a set of development tools for DOS, not Win32. > If true, you want djgpp: EXCUSE ME? ARE *YOU* TRYING TO TELL *ME* WHAT *I* WANT? I THOUGHT THINGS WORKED THE OTHER WAY AROUND... FEEL FREE TO SUGGEST WHATEVER YOU LIKE BUT DON'T TELL ME WHAT I WANT BEFORE PKZIPING THE SOURCE OF THE DISTRIBUTION AND SENDING IT TO ME! > > PS, I spent 2 hours downloading the darn "full.exe" form the FTP and > > my version of Win32S (for win 3.11) didn't like it! GEE THANKS!!! > > As the project WWW site says, Cygwin is for Windows NT, 95, and 98. > It never has and never will run on DOS, regardless of whether Win32S > is around or not. I DON'T F@$%ING CARE. GOT THAT? Earnie Boyd wrote: > > ---Alan Grimes wrote: > > PS, I spent 2 hours downloading the darn "full.exe" form the FTP and > my version > > of Win32S (for win 3.11) didn't like it! GEE THANKS!!! C'mon, if you > are going > > to package something as a self extracting .exe please make sure any > moron > > dragging his 3 year old computer with PC-DOS 7.0 and win 3.11 over > 28.8 can make > > use of it! Sheesh! > > > > Tsk, Tsk, Tsk. That's what you get for not reading. See the faq.txt > file, 1st sentence. And, BTW, Win 3.11 isn't supported. =| I COULD DUST OFF MY OTHER PARTITION AND SEE IF I STILL REMEMBER MY LINUX PASSWORD. BUT EVEN IF I GOT IN TO LINUX I WOULD HAVE NO CLUE AS TO HOW TO GO ABOUT DOING ANYTHING WITH THAT .bz2 OR WHATEVER IT IS YOU GOT ON YOUR FTP. I'M REALLY NOT IN THE MOOD TO GO THOROUGH THE TROUBLE OF FIGURING OUT. I HATE UNIX ANYWAY AND AM NOT IN THE MOOD TO ATTEMPT TO EMULATE IT ON WINDOZE OF ALL OSSES. (my os will include an emulator for backwards compatability, that's all). -- I'll trade you a byte for 3 nibbles. :) I am the Red Team Captain at www.nanocomputer.org atc.peon.net/~cyborg/ - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".