Date: Sun, 5 May 1996 14:31:03 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Richard Smol <bl227 AT cleveland DOT Freenet DOT Edu>
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: MSDOS-compatibility (OBJ-files etc.)
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On 2 May 1996, Richard Smol wrote:

> I also have no idea how djgpp's protected mode would conflict with
> real-mode programs then.

It doesn't conflict at all if you have a memory manager (like EMM386 or 
QEMM) installed.  You can run real-mode programs and DJGPP protected-mode 
programs from the same command line, invoke any program from any other 
program, etc.

> (no modes? hmmm...). I also dislike having to use some sort of
> DPMI-manager all the time...

DPMI is automatically loaded when you invoke a DJGPP program and unloaded 
when it exits, so you don't have to worry.