Mail Archives: djgpp/1999/05/03/02:59:59
On Sun, 2 May 1999, Fred ---o0o--- wrote:
> What is a DPMI Server exactly ?
DPMI is an acronym for DOS Protected-Mode Interface. It is a special
API, implemented as a bunch of functions of software interrupt 31h,
which allow protected-mode programs to run on top of real-mode DOS and
call DOS and BIOS services. The DPMI server is a special software
that hooks interrupt 31h and provides the DPMI services.
Many modern PC-based operating systems (Windows is one of them)
include a DPMI server as their integral part. DJGPP provides a free
DPMI server called CWSDPMI for those users who run on plain DOS and
don't have a commercial DPMI server installed.
All this, and much more is explained in the following Web page:
http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/doc/eli-m17n99.html
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