Subject: Re: Compiling for PC
To: Andrew Gillham <gillhaa@ghost.whirlpool.com>
From: Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com <michaelv@MindBender.serv.net>
List: port-i386
Date: 10/08/1997 08:03:03
>Ty Sarna wrote:
>> > Right now, I'm trying to port it into Visual C++ 5.0 (just because I'm
>> > used to it) if anyone has done this successfully; please let me know;
>> > I'm having a hell of a time doing it.
>> Native compiling is by far the easiest route. Cross-compiling from
>> another unixoid system is a bit of a job. Trying to cross compile from
>> an MS platform is the most uh... optimistic... plan I've read in quite
>> some time :-)
>Hmm, anyone remember the "PCBSD" port that somebody was working on?
>(getting 386BSD binary compatibility under OS/2 wasn't it?)
>Now if only there was a NetBSD subsystem for NT.. :)
http://www.softway.com/
It's not NetBSD, but it's a full Unix subsystem for NT, and it works
pretty darn well.
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Contract software development for Windows NT, Windows 95 and Unix.
Windows NT and Unix server development in C++ and C.
--< Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x >--
NetBSD working ports: 386+PC, Mac 68k, Amiga, Atari 68k, HP300, Sun3,
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