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In article <1993Dec13.142408.6684@news.media.mit.edu>, markk@media-lab.mit.edu (Mark Kortekaas) writes:
|> 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.

So you can use a flat memory model with this 'DOS extender`, without
using segment registers and all that hoo-hah?

Steve Mathers
s.mathers@trl.oz.au