Date: Wed, 15 May 1996 19:15:42 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Shawn Lee <slee AT fs1 DOT mar DOT lmco DOT com>
Cc: The DJGPP Mailing List <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Re: djgpp 2 DPMI
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On Wed, 15 May 1996, Shawn Lee wrote:

> Is that true?  You can't run cwsdpmi under a Win95 Dos window?  Why
> would I need to keep cwsdpmi?  If I write a robust code, any host would
> do, right?

CWSDPMI is both the last resort and the one DPMI host that we can change
at will and make it as bug-free as we wish.  The DJGPP startup code checks
whether DPMI services are available and loads CWSDPMI only if they aren't.