Date: Wed, 11 Feb 1998 17:41:48 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: mjg AT st-and DOT ac DOT uk
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Newbie TWS memory problem
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On Wed, 11 Feb 1998 mjg AT st-and DOT ac DOT uk wrote:

> Im using the TWS windowing system for djgpp from a
> DOS boot disk. Everytime I run system() commands,
> like system("sys.exe c:"), the display becomes corrupted.

Does a trivial program that just calls `system' and then exits, corrupts 
the display as well?  If not, your code is probably the culprit.

> STACKS=9,25
           ^^
Huh?  Shouldn't this be 256?  You might be allocating too few memory for 
the DOS interrupt stack.  I don't know whether this can be the cause for 
the problem you describe.