From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Given Subject: Re: using elks-libc for DOS development Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2004 11:03:18 +0000 Sender: linux-8086-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <200403051103.19224.dg@cowlark.com> References: <20040305074216.GE3291@dbz.icequake.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20040305074216.GE3291@dbz.icequake.net> Content-Disposition: inline List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: linux-8086@vger.kernel.org On Friday 05 March 2004 7:42 am, Ryan Underwood wrote: [...] > Besides ELKS libc, are there any other free C libraries suitable for > 16-bit DOS application development? I find a 16-bit version of DJGPP, > but it has no C library. :( I would use a 32-bit version of DJGPP, but > the device only has 512k of memory; the necessity of the DPMI server > would be a waste, as well as the bloat of glibc. I guess there is > Open Watcom now, but does anyone have experience doing small footprint > (8086 <= 1MB) C development with it? Nope. I gather it works, though. However, if you know where to look there are a number of free 16-bit DOS compilers. Leaving aside all the various CP/M86 compilers --- which tend to be K&R only and only compile tiny mode --- a quick web search reveals these: http://www.htsoft.com/products/pacific/ http://www.digitalmars.com/download/freecompiler.html You may be better off sticking with Turbo C, however; it is free, and you seem to be set up for it. -- +- David Given --McQ-+ Q: What's yellow and equivalent to the axiom of | dg@cowlark.com | choice? | (dg@tao-group.com) | A: Zorn's Lemon. +- www.cowlark.com --+