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From: "Johan Venter" <jventer AT writeme DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
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Subject: Re: Didn't Work
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Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 13:12:17 +1000
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Rez <rividh DOT minusthispart AT earthlink DOT net> wrote in message
news:37D8BD4D DOT 6051 AT earthlink DOT net...
> Almost certainly a bug in the application. Try running it in a DOS
> window under Win95 if you have it handy. If it runs there but not in
> DOS, it's definitely a bug in the game. We've found DJGPP apps *cannot*
> be properly debugged under Windows, because this happens so often.

This is mostly due to the fact that the Windows DPMI server oftens allows
NULL pointer dereferences to pass, thus affecting the program and/or Windows
itself at a later stage.

Cheers,

--
Johan Venter
ICQ 3643877
surf.to/djgppig



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