Date: Thu, 24 Oct 1996 18:07:42 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Nicholas FitzRoy-Dale <wzdd AT mailhost DOT net>
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Win 95 - slack DPMI?
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On Thu, 24 Oct 1996, Nicholas FitzRoy-Dale wrote:

> Please help, as I would like to continue to develop my program under some
> multitasker but I hate the fact that Win 95 lets all these bugs through!  (I
> can imagine the Microsoft pitch: using Windows 95 means you have to track
> down fewer bugs! :) )

Alas, CWSDPMI and 386Max are the only DPMI servers that implement this
feature, because it is only defined by DPMI 1.0 spec, and all other DPMI
servers only support DPMI 0.9. 

I have learned from bitter experience to run all tests on native DOS with
CWSDPMI as the DPMI host, after the bulk of the development is done in
more comfortable environment (such as Windows).  If the only thing that
you miss on DOS is to be able to browse Info docs, you can install an
editor which has a built-in Info reader (such as Emacs) and use it as a
substitute during testing.