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In article <1993Dec13.004421.12436@trl.oz.au>, mathers@sibelius.trl.OZ.AU (Steven Mathers) says:
>
>OK, this is definately a stupid question, so pardon my ignorance...
>
>Can I write a 32 bit program for DOS?  Is the 386 hobbled to run in some
>kind of 8086 emulation mode when runnning a DOS application?
>
>Is there a FAQ that covers this sort of thing?
> Thanks.
>

The quick answer to your question is yes.  The best thing for you to do
is to get the GCC compiler for dos (DJGPP).  I believe the 'home' for this
is at omnigate.clarkson.edu (/pub/msdos/djgpp).  

However, this requires that the code only be run in dos mode (does not
seem to work in a dos window under windows for me), but this is not a
big deal for what I need the 32 bit compiler for.  DJGPP comes with its own
memory extender to allow access to the 32bit memory of the chip (which I
believe just by-passes dos more than anything else).

If you want a 32 bit compiler for windows, supposedly the new 4.0 Borland
compiler will work, but as my copy is on order and has not arrived yet, I 
cannot tell you if it works or not.

--markk