On at 2019-05-01 21:11 +0200, ZB wrote: >> (While we still get DJGPP builds, there haven't been any 8086 builds >> since 2005's 0.98.39.) > > Actually, why? Are all of these programs that large - or there are some > significant advantages in providing them as DJGPP builds? "Ordinary" x86 > build could work just fine, IMHO
I believe that there are some tables in more recent NASM that exceed 64 KiB in size, so they can't be addressed without segmentation arithmetic any longer. And the compiler that was used (OpenWatcom IIRC) presumably didn't provide that. DJGPP builds are much easier to maintain because DJGPP is a mostly compatible gcc/GNU environment. Regards, ecm _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
