From: sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu (Charles Sandmann)
Message-Id: <9709101408.AA04877@clio.rice.edu>
Subject: Re: fread slowstart
To: eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il (Eli Zaretskii)
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 09:08:37 -0600 (CDT)
Cc: dz AT bo DOT dada DOT it, djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.91.970910115211.9494D-100000@is> from "Eli Zaretskii" at Sep 10, 97 11:53:01 am
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> > Can't you set a descriptor in the global area ?
> I suspect that some DPMI servers won't let you mingle with the GDT.  

No DPMI servers let you futz with the GDT.  But the LDT is shared for all 
DPMI 0.9 clients (as are the IDT - the parent can talk to a child via
a PM interrupt).