From: Martin Str|mberg <ams AT ludd DOT luth DOT se>
Message-Id: <200002041753.SAA10418@father.ludd.luth.se>
Subject: Re: Strange emulator problem on Windows 98
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.91.1000131130344.196B-100000@is> from Eli Zaretskii at "Jan 31, 2000 01:16:42 pm"
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Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 18:53:18 +0100 (MET)
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According to Eli Zaretskii:
> When I run the Cygnus test suite (see tests/cygnus in djtst203.zip) in 
> Windows 98 DOS box after setting 387=n, the program crashes in the 
> middle, but in a very strange way: the DOS box simply closes; no error 
> message, no crash traceback, no "This program has performed an invalid 
> instruction" popup, no nothing.  I unchecked the "Close on Exit" property 
> of the DOS box, but I cannot see any error message whatsoever; it just 
> stops and prints "Finished" in the caption bar.
> 
> This happens with both emu387.dxe and wmemu387.dxe, so the emulator code 
> doesn't seem to be the factor.
> 
> The same binary works correctly on DOS, Windows 3.1 and Windows 95.  But 
> since I only have free access to one machine of each kind, could someone 
> please try to reproduce this on Windows 98/2K?  The executable is 
> available from my server (ftp://is.elta.co.il/pub/mtest.zip, 500KB).  
> Just unzip it, set 387=n, and type "mtest [Enter]".  It will print lots 
> of messages, but that's normal as long as the message report 
> inaccuracies in certain bits.

I compiled it myself, and all I can say is that you were lucky. For me
the computer locks up totally (not even C-A-D works).


Rautavaara, Symphony 2,

							MartinS