Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!bbn!ginosko!cg-atla!fredex From: fredex@cg-atla.UUCP (Fred Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Use UNIX for MSDOS development? Message-ID: <7582@cg-atla.UUCP> Date: 31 Aug 89 15:14:56 GMT References: <21714@cup.portal.com> Reply-To: fredex@cg-atla.UUCP (Fred Smith) Organization: Agfa Compugraphic Division Lines: 26 In article <21714@cup.portal.com> cliffhanger@cup.portal.com (Cliff C Heyer) writes: >Wondered if it's advisable to develop >MS DOS applications (in C) using UNIX >rather than MSDOS.(assuming 386, 6+MB, etc) >It seems multitasking, etc., would be of >help to increase productivity... > >any comments greatly appreciated! > > > >Cliff C Heyer I have seen ads in (Dr. Dobbs, Byte, C User's Journal--one of them I don't recall which) from a company which claims to have the entire Microsoft C package available on Unix for cross-development of DOS software. Sorry I don't remember the company, but if you dig thru the past year of those 3 mags you will see it! Fred