Mail Archives: djgpp/1999/02/01/07:30:03
In article <19990201113120 DOT A28031 AT mc31 DOT merton DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk> you wrote:
: On Fri, Jan 29, 1999 at 03:05:58PM -0500, Fleet Teachout wrote:
: > The scanner contains a 386 CPU, 640K RAM (470K useable as a RAM disk).
: > When I attempted to run the program I developed in the scanner, I got
: > "load error: no DPMI". (or something real close to that).
:
: DJGPP programs require a DPMI server to run. You need one that
: uses low memory though, since there's no high memory in the system.
: I don't know much about that.
:
: The number of bits isn't the problem, it is that djgpp programs
: use DPMI to get their memory.
Thanks, George. Got roughly the same answer from others.
: Since you'd have to write in assebler anyway, if you know Intel
: syntax you might be better off playing with NASM. Not having any
: high memory, you might be better off sticking to real mode if you
: can't get a DPMI server to run your program in low memory.
Hmmmmm. I haven't played with ASM since the mid 70's (and we used
80-column keypunch cards!) :)
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