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- From: ochealth@unixg.ubc.ca (ochealth)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.programmer
- Subject: Re: gcc emx programs can run under windows?
- Date: 7 Nov 1992 07:07:12 GMT
- Organization: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
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- Message-ID: <1dfpv0INNpbb@iskut.ucs.ubc.ca>
- References: <1992Nov6.113947.2225@newstand.syr.edu>
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- Keywords: emx, windows, gcc
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- In article <1992Nov6.113947.2225@newstand.syr.edu> jtcox@syr.edu writes:
- >I know this is a goofy question, but... In OS/2, using gcc and emx, it
- >is possible to compile programs that will run under DOS systems that
- >are equipped with emx. These programs seem to run happily under
- >Desqview as well. My question is, will they run under Windows? The
- >main issue is being able to use large arrays, exceeding 640K.
-
- what do you mean? As a compiler for Windows programs? Nope, Windows is
- only 16 bit, and GCC doensn't support such limited systems.
- As a 32 bit program? Shure, but only if the EMX DOS extender supports DPMI
- (I think it might). I think with a memory manager like QEMM, you should
- be able to get EMX programs under DOS/Windows.
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- >
- >Ted Cox
- >jtcox@gumby.syr.edu
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