Mail Archives: djgpp/2000/12/08/13:15:55
> Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 18:19:46 +0100
> From: Gautier <grounfxyz AT zxblr2f DOT grbl>
>
> > Well, this would be possible under a multi-tasking DPMI host, but
> > neither CWSDPMI or the DPMI emulation under win32 provide this kind of
> > functionality.
>
> As for running 2 .EXEs "at the same time" Win32 seems to fit - hum, even
> Win 3.1, isn't it ?
No. What Windows provides is a way to run several DOS or DPMI
programs in separate Virtual Machines. But Windows doesn't let you
run several DPMI programs in _the same_ Virtual Machine. To get a
useful multiprocessing, you need the latter, because separate VMs
cannot easily communicate to each other, so you have problems with
redirecting handles, IPC, and other goodies which are what
multiprocessing is normally used for.
> > AFAIK, there are no free multi-tasking DPMI servers available, in fact
> > the only one I can think of at all is OS/2, but thats more than just a
> > DPMI server. :)
>
> What about DR-DOS that you can d'load, that provides multitasking _and_
> in its la(tes)t version 7.03 a fully 32-bit DPMI server ?...
DR-DOS is not Free Software.
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