To: ao950 AT FreeNet DOT Carleton DOT CA
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: make conflicts with turbopascal
Message-ID: <19970312.171952.7519.26.fwec@juno.com>
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From: fwec AT juno DOT com (Mark T Logan)
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 17:22:40 EST

On 12 Mar 1997 07:52:39 GMT ao950 AT FreeNet DOT Carleton DOT CA (Paul Derbyshire)
writes:
>
>Paul Derbyshire (ao950 AT FreeNet DOT Carleton DOT CA) writes:
>>> 	1) 16-bit DPMI programs (like many Borland products).  This 
>is
>>> a limitation of the DPMI spec, and there's nothing you can do about
>>> that short of getting a real-mode or a 32-bit DPMI program with the
>>> same functionality.
>> 
>> Windows 95 is a DPMI host and runs these, and DOS/4GW programs, 
>without a
>> hitch. Why is CWSDPMI unable to?
>
>Addendum: W95 is a *32-bit* DPMI host.

As far as DOS/4GW goes, you don't need a DPMI host, because DOS/4GW
is essentially its own 32 bit OS (this may not be technically correct.). 
This is
why you can run DOOM from DOS without EMM386 or anything else.

I will not comment on CWSDPMI because I know nothing about it.


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