From:	Martin Str|mberg <ams AT speedy DOT ludd DOT luth DOT se>
Subject:	Re: Environment variables, and command line option's.
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> wrote:
: Bash is great, but some DOS programs cannot be run from it, 
: unfortunately.  For example, 16-bit DPMI programs (the DPMI spec 
: prohibits mixing 16-bit and 32-bit DPMI clients in the same session) 
: and some other types of DOS-extended programs don't live well with 32-bit 
: DPMI environment.

Well, strictly speaking that's not bash's fault, is it? It's the DPMI
server that doesn't allow this.

All we have to do is wait for the perfect DPMI server (or write our
own).


Right,

						MartinS

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