From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,dd0ab03054055c44 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1995-02-06 16:06:59 PST Path: nntp.gmd.de!newsserver.jvnc.net!nntpserver.pppl.gov!princeton!rutgers!sgigate.sgi.com!enews.sgi.com!ames!tulane!news.tulane.edu!darwin.sura.net!gwu.edu!gwu.edu!not-for-mail From: mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: GNAT & Windows NT Date: 6 Feb 1995 19:06:59 -0500 Organization: George Washington University Message-ID: <3h6dj3$cn3@felix.seas.gwu.edu> References: <3h3j4e$9kn@news.cais.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 128.164.9.3 Date: 1995-02-06T19:06:59-05:00 List-Id: In article <3h3j4e$9kn@news.cais.com>, Lance Kibblewhite wrote: >I see that the currently available version of GNAT is intended for Pentium >systems only. Huh? This is definitely not so. Where did you get that idea? > >Is anybody working on a version for 486's? There can't be too many things >within GNAT (or GCC) that would necessitate a Pentium rather then a 486. You don't need a Pentium. I used GNAT for a year on a 386/33, then upgraded to a 486/66. > >Actually, I'd prefer an Alpha AXP version, but I would guess that is >really a problem with getting a GCC port first. A garden-variety DOS clone with at least a 386 and at least 4mb RAM will be fine. The more RAM the better; djgpp (the gcc for DOS) uses virtual memory and will use what you give it, but of course the more the better. I have 8 and no trouble. Mike Feldman ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Michael B. Feldman - chair, SIGAda Education Working Group Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science The George Washington University - Washington, DC 20052 USA 202-994-5919 (voice) - 202-994-0227 (fax) - mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Internet) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ One, two, three ways an underdog: Ada fan, Mac fan, Old Liberal Democrat ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ada on the World-Wide Web: http://lglwww.epfl.ch/Ada/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------