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habibie@vision.fiu.edu (Habibie Sumargo) writes:

>I just downloaded a copy of gcc source code and would like to install it
>on my 486 DX-2/66.  My 486 came only with windows 3.1, DOS 6.0, and
>Borland C++ 3.1 with Visual Basic.  Can anyone kindly response to me
>through email as how to get started to install this gcc on a 486
>platform?  I noticed that gcc is a 32-bit compiler and Borland C++ is
>only a 16-bit compiler.  Thabk you all very much.

Did I understand you correct? You tried to install a UNIX source code of
GCC with Borland C++ ? :))) That definitely will not work!

Making a GCC for DOS is a task for months if you want to do it on your
own. Fortunately, there exists two readily made ports of gcc. Here is
my standard answer file for those who like to know where to get it:

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There are currently two different versions of gcc for DOS.  I prefer
the EMX package of Eberhardt Mattes, because I don't want to miss
GDB, GNU's source level debugger. Additionally, EMX can be used to
develop OS/2 programs. You will need a math coprocessor (or 486) to
run the compiler. You can get EMX from the follwing ftp servers:

  ftp.uni-stuttgart.de [129.69.1.12]: /soft/os2/emx-0.8g
  ftp-os2.nmsu.edu  [128.123.35.151]: /os2/2_x/unix/gnu/emx08g
  src.doc.ic.ac.uk     [146.169.2.1]: /pub/packages/os2/2_x/unix/gnu/emx08g
  ftp.informatik.tu-muenchen.de [131.159.0.198]:
                                      /pub/comp/os/os2/devtools/emx+gcc

The second version I know of is DJGPP from DJ Delorie. It contains
only a simple debugger, but it has better SVGA support than EMX.  The
latest version of DJGPP works with DPMI, thus you can write programs
that run in MS-Windows' DOS box (EMX programs don't like DPMI). The
package contains the sourcecode of the dos extender.  It's available
from

  omnigate.clarkson.edu			128.153.4.2	pub/msdos/djgpp
  math.utexas.edu			128.83.133.215	pub/msdos/djgpp (*)
  ftp.uni-koeln.de			134.95.128.208	msdos/gnuprogs/djgpp (*)
  ftp.eb.ele.tue.nl			131.155.40.15	pub/pc/gnu/gcc-pl* & gcc-newest
  wowbagger.pc-labor.uni-bremen.de	134.102.228.9	pub/msdos/djgpp
  src.doc.ic.ac.uk			146.169.2.1	ibmpc/djgpp
  ftp.mcc.ac.uk				130.88.200.7	pub/djgpp
  UK.AC.MCC.FTPJ (JANET)		user<guest>	<PUB>djgpp

(*) Please do not access during working hours (7am - 6pm their local time)


*** Addendum ******* Addendum ******* Addendum ******* Addendum ****

There is a new DOS extender available, RSX, that gives EMX programs the
capability to run in an DPMI environment, even without a coprocessor.
RSX is available from
   ftp.uni-kl.de   pub/pc/dos/programming/c/dpmigcc1.zip



- Michael Strauch -
strauch@emmy.mathematik.uni-dortmund.de