Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 15:41:54 -0800 (PST)
From: Gene Buckle <geneb AT web DOT wa DOT net>
To: Mark Habersack <grendel AT ananke DOT amu DOT edu DOT pl>
cc: Leath Muller <leathm AT gbrmpa DOT gov DOT au>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: OpenDOS to be released next week!
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> > versions of DOS.  I'll ask.
> When I mixed HIMEM.SYS from M$-DOG 6.22 with EMM386 from Novell DOS 7 I was 
> haunted occasionally by various exceptions (no pattern, the most 'persistent' 
> one was Page Fault).
> 

That's your problem.  With the OpenDOS version of EMM386, you don't _need_
himem.sys.  EMM386 can provide all the services you need, (eg. EMM, XMS,
DPMI) DPMS can be had with another driver.  I have noticed that if you've
got DPMI=TRUE in your EMM386 command line (or DPMI ON from the dos prompt)
that any djgpp program will die.  For some reason there is an
incompatibility with the DPMI services that EMM386 provides and what
djgpp needs.  By not including DPMI, you're not losing anything though.
The programs will just use cwsdpmi and all will be well.  (I have reported
the problem/bug to the engineering group however)


> > Internet capable programs won't be carrying the whole TCP/IP stack as part
> > of the binary.
> But what if I don't have a cable conection to any network? I want to write a 
> packet driver for *modem*, so that dial-up connections may be established. I 
> think that many people would welcome such a driver. Not to mention such a toy 
> like a null-modem link driver - just to make a cheap, home TCP/IP-based 
> network ;-)
> 

In the main Crynwyr driver package is a PPP/SLIP version of the standard
ethernet packet driver.  (if memory serves correctly.  If not, go to
ftp.ftp.com, they have the specs.  The Interrupt List should have them as
well [via IRQ 0x60])


> > ViewMAX graphical file manager
> Something like DOS Shell from DOS 4 or better (I hope)?
> 
Much better.


g.