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From: broeker AT acp3bf DOT knirsch DOT de (Hans-Bernhard Broeker)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: DPMI hosts
Date: 12 Nov 1999 17:04:27 +0100
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Alex Mendes da Costa (alexmdc AT virtualis DOT com) wrote:
> Hi all.

> I don't know much in general and was wondering how you say which dpmi
> host you want to use, like if I wanted to use the windows 9x one instead
> of cwsdpmi.

That's simple: you can't do that, at least not for the
Win9x-integrated DPMI host. Except for the case of raw DOS, the DPMI
host *is* already running, it has (and needs!) total control of the
machine, effectively. No other DPMI host can run inside an existing
one.
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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.

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