David Muir wrote in a message to Mike Bilow:

 DM>     Not much of a "C" programmer but I would like to try out
 DM> the EMX. and  while I'm aware that it's available on Hobbes,
 DM> you couldn't be just a "tad"  more specific could you .
 DM>     Perhaps suggesting what files I could ftp specifically
 DM> (to get me  started). and what files I should avoid or keep
 DM> in mind for later? 

EMX has its own directory on Hobbes, ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/os2/unix/emx09a.
 Start with INSTALL.DOC and README.DOC.  Here is the contents of the
directory as of right now, since this seems to be a FAQ:

INSTALL.DOC       15927 Jan 31  1995  How to install emx09a
README.DOC        10151 Jan 31  1995  Information on emx09a - packing list
bsddev.zip        61219 Jan 31  1995  BSD libraries (curses etc.)
bsddoc.zip        83030 Jan 31  1995  Documentation for BSD libraries
bsdsrc.zip        83606 Jan 31  1995  Source for BSD libraries
dbmalloc.zip     224812 Apr 28 01:18  Bug fixed debugging malloc library for
                                      EMX
emxample.zip      34310 Jan 31  1995  Sample programs
emxdev.zip       958140 Jan 31  1995  emx development system (without compiler)
emxfix05.zip     900257 Jun 12 01:04  Fix package #5 for EMX 0.9a
emxfix06.zip     918900 Jul 14 21:23  Fix package #6 for EMX 0.9a
emxrt.zip        345758 Jul 14 21:23  emx runtime package
emxsrcd.zip      915673 Jan 31  1995  Source for the emx development system
emxsrcr.zip      533272 Jan 31  1995  Source for the emx runtime package
emxst35.zip       11477 Feb 19  1995  Introduction to EMX
emxtest.zip      127446 Jan 31  1995  Test programs (used for testing emx and
                                      the libraries)
emxview.zip      285471 Jan 31  1995  emx documentation in OS/2 .inf format
epmgcc20.zip      31737 Feb 19  1995  EPM support for EMX
epro100.zip       24337 Feb 19  1995  Makefile maintenance utility for EMX
g77bin.zip       851606 Sep 25 22:30  GNU Fortran (g77-0.5.16) for EMX,
                                      binaries
g77src.zip       876949 Sep 25 22:30  GNU Fortran (g77-0.5.16) for EMX, sources
gassrc.zip       335535 Jan 31  1995  Patched GNU sources (GAS 2.3)
gcc270.txt         1051 Aug 10 20:01
gcc270b1.zip     597801 Aug 10 20:01  Gcc 2.7.0 for EMX 0.9a, Binaries, part 1
gcc270b2.zip    1223328 Aug 10 20:01  Gcc 2.7.0 for EMX 0.9a, Binaries, part 2
gcc270d.zip      446128 Aug 10 20:01  Gcc 2.7.0 for EMX 0.9a, Documentation
gcc270p.zip       19867 Aug 10 20:01  Gcc 2.7.0 for EMX 0.9a, Patches
gcc270s1.zip    1245913 Aug 10 20:01  Gcc 2.7.0 for EMX 0.9a, Source code,
                                      part 1
gcc270s2.zip    1274997 Aug 10 20:01  Gcc 2.7.0 for EMX 0.9a, Source code,
                                      part 2
gcc270s3.zip     287705 Aug 10 20:01  Gcc 2.7.0 for EMX 0.9a, SOurce code,
                                      part 3
gccsrc1.zip     1180667 Jan 31  1995  gccsrc1.zip   Patched GNU sources
                                      (GCC 2.6.3, part 1)
gccsrc2.zip     1211697 Jan 31  1995  gccsrc1.zip   Patched GNU sources
                                      (GCC 2.6.3, part 2)
gccsrc3.zip      321633 Jan 31  1995  gccsrc1.zip   Patched GNU sources
                                      (GCC 2.6.3, part 3)
gdbsrc1.zip      948746 Jan 31  1995  Patched GNU sources (GDB 4.13, part 1)
gdbsrc2.zip      504719 Jan 31  1995  Patched GNU sources (GDB 4.13, part 2)
glibpdoc.zip     119182 Aug 11 00:23  glib++ documentation in INF file format
gnudev.zip      1209211 Jan 31  1995  GNU development tools compiled for emx
gnudoc.zip       984638 Jan 31  1995  Documentation for GNU programs (texinfo
                                      sources)
gnuinfo.zip      202458 Jan 31  1995  GNU texinfo (includes info file browser)
gnupat.zip       112094 Jan 31  1995  Patches for GNU sources
gnusrc.zip       417559 Jan 31  1995  GNU sources(ld,ar,nm,size,strip,objdump,
                                      info,termcap)
gnuview.zip       26100 Jan 31  1995  gnudev.inf (gnudev.doc in OS/2 .inf
                                      format)
gobjcdev.zip     553628 Jan 31  1995  GNU programs and files for compiling
                                      Objective C
gppdev.zip      1123252 Jan 31  1995  Additional GNU programs and files for
                                      compiling C++
gppsrc.zip       849531 Jan 31  1995  Patched sources of libg++ 2.6.1
lib270b.zip      692225 Aug 10 20:05  Libg++ 2.7.0 (binaries, headers, and
                                      documentation)
lib270p.zip       13244 Aug 10 20:05  Libg++ 2.7.0 (patches)
lib270s.zip      567618 Aug 10 20:05  Libg++ 2.7.0 (patched source code,
                                      requires HPFS)
mm4emx10.zip     459628 Feb 19  1995  MMPM/2 toolkit for EMX
prjmg101.zip      45538 Sep 27 19:05  Prjmg v1.01, front-end and maketool for
                                      GCC/EMX 0.9a
rpcdev.zip       423832 Oct 20 22:17  Sun RPC/XDR remote procedure call API
                                      for EMX
rsxwdk1.zip      199251 Feb 19  1995  RSX/Windows toolkit
rsxwin2a.zip      59288 Feb 19  1995  RSX/Windows extender for EMX
svgakt18.zip      45136 Feb 13  1995  SVGA library for EMX-0.9a
vesa18.zip        75691 Feb 13  1995  VESA interface for EMX, used by SVGAKT18
xf86s354.zip     131805 Oct 20 22:48  XF86S354, XFREE86 support multiple
                                      device driver 1.354
 
-- Mike


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