Ok, I think this just became urgent again.

The SAME code that just ran, caused a crash! THis only happens with GCC. TCC
doesn't care how I pass the data, it just works, GCC worked ONCE, I changed
it to see if I could learn more, then its compiled output crashed. I
reinstated the SAME WORKIGN CODE, (it was still on the clipboard!), but GCC's
output crashed, when it didn't before. So not only is it DEFINITELY a bug,
it's not even easily repeatable, and clearly exists outside my iown context.
I have to find a proer working GCC for W98, ASAP. Please help if you know
how.