From:	"Maan M. Hamze" <mmhamze AT mail DOT utexas DOT edu>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	EMX, RSX, CWSDPMI, DJGPP trivia!
Date:	14 Jan 1997 21:45:06 GMT
Organization:	University of Texas at Austin
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Ever since I started using the NT09 package (EMX recompiled for NT) with
RSXNT, I hardly ever use the EMX extender
(I never did actually).  But, this whole package presented me with the
following questions:
1.  What is exactly EMX?  The regular port uses EMX as a DOS-extender, but
the confusion arises out of RSX.
2.  RSX is a DOS-extender too, so what is the difference between EMX and
RSX?
3.  RSX, as used through RSXNT and NT09, needs a DPMI memory manager like
CWSDPMI in DOS Mode.  But EMX
does not.  What am I missing?  How are EMX, RSX and CWSDPMI related to one
another?  (You do not need CWSDPMI with
EMX, but you need it with RSX).
4.  What is the difference between the regular EMX port and DJGPP for DOS
apps?  Is EMX a 16-bit dos-extender?
Do EMX DOS apps run in real or protected mode?
And the last question:
5.  NT09 along with RSXNT can create DOS apps (dual mode for native win32;
and DOS with RSX and a dpmi) as long as you use RSX with
CWSDPMI in DOS.
So my question is, is it possible to use Graphics and windowing libraries
for DJGPP (such as grx, mikallig, mtws, and sound libs etc...)
with the DOS apps created using RSXNT and NT09?

I do not know if these questions are silly but I am confused by all these
terms.  Hope someone can answer them!
Thanks,
Maan
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Maan M. Hamze
mmhamze AT mail DOT utexas DOT edu
http://leb.net/~mmhamze

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