Date:	Fri, 14 Jul 1995 07:28:36 -0600 (MDT)
From:	Jon <JONH AT cc DOT usu DOT edu>
Subject:	Re: DPMI - what is it?
To:	djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu

On Thu, 13 Jul 1995, Skip Egley wrote:

>  I'm new to djgpp, but I've considered myself somewhat computer literate
> until I started reading some of the stuff included with the package.  What
> is this DPMI? From what I gather, it's something to do with graphics on your
> terminal.  I'd sure like to understand more.  I don't expect anyone to give
> me a mini tutorial here.
> Is there somewhere I can grab more info on this?

   DPMI stands for DOS Protected Mode Interface.  And that's exactly what 
it is, an interface for protected mode under DOS.  I believe the DPMI 
specs are at ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/programming

 -Jon

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