From:	leereyno AT imap2 DOT asu DOT edu
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: DJGPP 2.01 + OpenDOS = total clusterfuck
Date:	25 May 1997 07:13:54 GMT
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Stuart Thorpe (sthorpe AT inconnect DOT inconnect DOT com) wrote:
: Owen LaGarde (oml1 AT Ra DOT MsState DOT Edu) wrote:
: :    Why oh why in the world do people insist on assuming that anyone who
: : complains is a complete idiot?  Do you really think I don't RTFM?  Never
: : mind, THAT'S a stupid question.

: If this question could be answered, then the person that has the answer
: could run for god. ;)

: : 
: :    I DIDN'T use the OpenDOS dpmi service, nor did I load their "dpms"
: : interface, but I have now tried it and without Emm386 for three DOS flavors:
: : OpenDOS, PC DOS (6.2) and MS DOS (6.2x).  PC and MS DOS worked fine, but
: : OpenDOS crashed repeatedly after two or three loads of, as far as I can
: : tell, ANY dpmi server -- I've tried a good double handfull be now.  I was
: : really rooting for the OpenDOS project, but unfortunately there appears to
: : be a significant compatability problem in the kernel itself, and most likely
: : also in their emm386.  Does anyone know if their coming source release will
: : cover the kernel only, or include service executables?

: I was just about to goto OpenDOS, to get away from Microsoft even further
: after reading this I now have my doubts. Is it just EMM386.exe in OpenDOS
: that has problems? Sorry I know this message really shouldn't be here, if
: you could just e-mail me what you have found wrong or buggy in OpenDOS so
: I can make a clear choice.

: Stuart Thorpe - sthorpe AT inconnect DOT com

Has anyone tried using Qemm 8.0?  I use it along with its DPMI server and 
it works great for me under MS-DOS 7 (Windows 95).  I'll try it under 
opendos and post my results.

Lee

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