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- The following excerpts are from the DJGPP FAQ (Frequently Asked Question)
- list, revision 1.2 (95/06/09). The FAQ is maintained by Eli Zaretskii
- <eliz@is.elta.co.il> and subject to the following Copyright notice:
-
- This FAQ is Copyright (C) 1995 by Eli Zaretskii <eliz@is.elta.co.il>.
- It may be freely distributed with the DJGPP package or any part thereof,
- provided this copyright notice is left intact.
-
- Entry 3.1 (getting DJGPP) has been modified to reflect recent changes at
- SimTel. Also note that the primary SimTel site is now ftp.coast.edu.
-
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-
- 1.1 Q: What is DJGPP?
- A: DJGPP is a port of GNU C/C++ compiler and development tools to
- 32-bit, protected-mode environment on Intel 32-bit CPUs running
- MS-DOS and compatible operating systems, by DJ Delorie
- <dj@delorie.com> and friends. DJGPP provides a free 32-bit DOS
- extender which allows for a 32-bit 4 GByte flat address space,
- virtual memory up to 256 MBytes, a compiler which produces 32-bit
- protected mode code, and a suite of GNU development tools ported
- to MS-DOS which specifically favor porting Unix programs, but are
- also suitable for writing new code.
-
- DJ Delorie is the developer and principal maintainer of DJGPP,
- but anyone is welcome to contribute.
-
- 3.1 Q: Where can I get DJGPP?
- A: Look on any SimTel mirror in the djgpp subdirectory. The primary
- mirror is oak.oakland.edu, in SimTel/msdos/djgpp directory. Here
- is a list of additional mirror sites:
-
- St. Louis, MO: wuarchive.wustl.edu/systems/msdos/simtel/vendors/djgpp
- Corvalis, OR: archive.orst.edu/pub/mirrors/simtel/vendors/djgpp
- Australia: archie.au/micros/pc/oak/vendors/djgpp
- England: src.doc.ic.ac.uk/pub/packages/simtel/vendors/djgpp
- Finland: ftp.funet.fi/pub/vendors/Simtel/djgpp
- France: ftp.ibp.fr/pub/pc/SimTel/vendors/djgpp
- Germany: ftp.uni-paderborn.de/SimTel/vendors/djgpp
- Hong Kong: ftp.cs.cuhk.hk/pub/simtel/vendors/djgpp
- Israel: ftp.technion.ac.il/pub/unsupported/dos/simtel/djgpp
- Poland: ftp.cyf-kr.edu.pl/pub/mirror/vendors/djgpp
- Sweden: ftp.sunet.se/pub/pc/mirror/SimTel/vendors/djgpp
- Switzerland: ftp.switch.ch/mirror/simtel/vendors/djgpp
- Taiwan: nctuccca.edu.tw/PC/simtel/djgpp
- Thailand: ftp.nectec.or.th/pub/mirrors/SimTel/vendors/djgpp
-
- The latest official distribution archive is also available from
- the FTP server set up by DJ Delorie, ftp.delorie.com in the
- /pub/djgpp/ofc directory, but please use that site only if unable
- to connect to one of the SimTel mirrors above, because DJ's
- server works over a modem and can be easily overloaded, which
- will hurt the unique services that server does (like the gateway
- between the mailing list and the newsgroup, searching the mailing
- list archives, etc.).
-
- 3.2 Q: How do I download files from these sites?
- A: FTP to the nearest site, log in as anonymous, give your full
- e-mail address as password, chdir to the djgpp subdirectory (the
- exact path to it might be different on different mirrors, see
- above), issue the ``binary'' command and download files you need
- (see below) with the ``get'' command.
-
- 3.3 Q: What is that ``FTP'' thing? I only use Mosaic/Netscape for
- Internet access.
- A: OK, here are some URLs for your Web browser:
-
- http://www.acs.oakland.edu/oak/SimTel/SimTel-msdos.html
- http://wuarchive.wustl.edu/systems/msdos/simtel/
-
- You can also convert any of the above mirrors' addresses to a
- valid URL by prepending ``ftp://'' to it. E.g., for the primary
- SimTel mirror point your browser to this URL:
-
- ftp://oak.oakland.edu/SimTel/msdos/djgpp/
-
- 20.1 Q: I post my problem to the help-gcc Newsgroup, but don't get any
- answers.
- A: Is your problem likely to be special to the DJGPP port or to DOS
- environment? If so, don't post to GNU Usenet groups, but to the
- comp.os.msdos.djgpp Newsgroup or to the DJGPP mailing list.
- People who read GNU Newsgroups usually neither know nor care
- about DOS-specific problems.
-
- 20.2 Q: How do I post to the DJGPP mailing list?
- A: Send mail to djgpp@sun.soe.clarkson.edu.
-
- 20.3 Q: How do I subscribe to DJGPP mailing list?
- A: Send mail to listserv@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (NOT to djgpp!!),
- leave subject empty and in the body write:
-
- add <your e-mail address> djgpp
-
- If you only want to receive announcements of new versions and
- ported software, but don't want to see any other DJGPP mail
- traffic, subscribe to djgpp-announce mailing list:
-
- add <your e-mail address> djgpp-announce
-
- The announcements which go to djgpp-announce get reflected to
- djgpp, so you don't have to subscribe to both these lists.
-
- You can also subscribe to DJGPP-related mailing lists through DJ
- Delorie's WWW server, at this URL:
-
- http://www.delorie.com/mailing-lists
-
- Note that you don't have to subscribe to djgpp mailing list if
- you don't want to get all the traffic in your mailbox (typically,
- about 30 messages per day). You can ask questions on the list
- even if you are not a subscriber, because people usually answer
- both to your e-mail address and to the list (well, actually, the
- mailer program does it automatically and most people don't bother
- to change that). If you want to be sure the mail gets to you
- directly, say in your message that you don't subscribe to the
- list, and ask people to answer directly.
-
- If you have a Usenet feed, consider reading the
- comp.os.msdos.djgpp Newsgroup instead, so that the load on the
- Clarkson list server will get lower.
-
- 22.7 Q: Where is the DJGPP Web site?
- A: Yes, DJGPP finally has its own home on the Internet. It has a
- version of this FAQ list with search capabilities, the latest
- v2.0 snapshot, the entire set of DJGPP distribution files, a
- searchable archive of the DJGPP mailing list traffic, plus other
- interesting information about DJGPP. (Ever wondered how DJGPP
- got started and what were DJ's original goals? The Web site has
- that story ready for you.)
-
- To visit this site, point your Web browser to this URL:
-
- http://www.delorie.com/