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- Path: netcom.com!russells
- From: russells@netcom.com (Russell Salsbury)
- Subject: Re: Compiling DOS Executables under Unix?
- Message-ID: <russellsDpMqDD.4IE@netcom.com>
- Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest)
- References: <4kelab$h8t@quasar.quanta.com>
- Distribution: inet
- Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 04:41:37 GMT
- Sender: russells@netcom10.netcom.com
-
- rsww@quanta.com (Ross S. W. Walker) writes:
-
- >I thought there was a way to build gcc under FreeBSD/Linux for it
- >to build DOS executables. Is it too much to get it so it can build
- >16 and 32 bit code? If I can get it to do that I might be able to
- >to build Win16/Win32 apps on unix for the PC and save some time and
- >money. I suppose I would need a cross-assembler and linker too.
-
- GCC won't do 16-bit (I don't think). DJGPP (GCC/G++ for DOS) will only
- do 32-bit protected-mode code. You would also need the Windows
- libraries. I suggest doing Windows development in Windows.
-
- Ryan russells@netcom.com
-