From: leereyno AT imap2 DOT asu DOT edu Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: DJGPP 2.01 + OpenDOS = total clusterfuck Date: 25 May 1997 07:13:54 GMT Organization: Arizona State University Lines: 33 Message-ID: <5m8ori$avt@news.asu.edu> References: <5kkpmn$agg$1 AT NNTP DOT MsState DOT Edu> <5kqq5c$tun$1 AT news DOT inconnect DOT com> NNTP-Posting-Host: general3.asu.edu To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Precedence: bulk Stuart Thorpe (sthorpe AT inconnect DOT inconnect DOT com) wrote: : Owen LaGarde (oml1 AT Ra DOT MsState DOT Edu) wrote: : : Why oh why in the world do people insist on assuming that anyone who : : complains is a complete idiot? Do you really think I don't RTFM? Never : : mind, THAT'S a stupid question. : If this question could be answered, then the person that has the answer : could run for god. ;) : : : : I DIDN'T use the OpenDOS dpmi service, nor did I load their "dpms" : : interface, but I have now tried it and without Emm386 for three DOS flavors: : : OpenDOS, PC DOS (6.2) and MS DOS (6.2x). PC and MS DOS worked fine, but : : OpenDOS crashed repeatedly after two or three loads of, as far as I can : : tell, ANY dpmi server -- I've tried a good double handfull be now. I was : : really rooting for the OpenDOS project, but unfortunately there appears to : : be a significant compatability problem in the kernel itself, and most likely : : also in their emm386. Does anyone know if their coming source release will : : cover the kernel only, or include service executables? : I was just about to goto OpenDOS, to get away from Microsoft even further : after reading this I now have my doubts. Is it just EMM386.exe in OpenDOS : that has problems? Sorry I know this message really shouldn't be here, if : you could just e-mail me what you have found wrong or buggy in OpenDOS so : I can make a clear choice. : Stuart Thorpe - sthorpe AT inconnect DOT com Has anyone tried using Qemm 8.0? I use it along with its DPMI server and it works great for me under MS-DOS 7 (Windows 95). I'll try it under opendos and post my results. Lee