From:	Radical NetSurfer <radsmail AT juno DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	They do NOT run the same! W95/DOS!
Date:	Tue, 27 Jun 2000 08:36:53 -0400
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PLEASE HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE FOLLOWING:

Why is it I find that most things compiled from a Win95 DOS shell
appear to work just fine... if allegro is used, the graphics and mouse
support is perfect....
do into pure MS-DOS 6.22 and try to run the EXACT same program
and you get CORE-DUMPS and the MOUSE will HANG-THE-COMPUTER!

How can I be certain that my programs REMAIN DOS FRIENDLY ALL THE
TIME.  NON of my projects will ever require Win95 !!

1) most heard complaint I am getting:
    the program hangs.  Problem appears to be directly related to
whether Allegro MOUSE support is compiled in or not.
  OBSERVATION:if running from a Win95 DOS-SHELL...theres NO PROBLEM!
  
2) second heard complaint:
    trying to generate a list of files in a directory goes well,.
    but when trying to  find_first/find_next the names are either
    not found, or attempting to   strupr/strlrw results retuned by
    find_first/next causes a CORE-DUMP....
   HOWEVER:the file-find_first/next works PERFECTLY if you
    run from a Win95 DOS-SHELL!
    what gives?


   PLEASE: to me this is crucial, I do NOT want Win95/98 to 
   be required for DJGPP / ALLEGRO to function properly!
   HELP!

THANKS!

//the Radical NetSurfer Kind of Guy//
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