Date: Mon, 25 Aug 1997 14:46:32 +0300 (EET DST)
From: Esa A E Peuha <peuha AT cc DOT helsinki DOT fi>
Message-Id: <199708251146.OAA16460@kruuna.Helsinki.FI>
To: sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: generating 16-bit code (286 and lower)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
In-Reply-To: <m0wzGA8-000S1nC@inti.edu.ar> <33f47af1.sandmann@clio.rice.edu>
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On Fri, 15 Aug 1997 15:51:13 in article <33f47af1 DOT sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu>
Charles Sandmann <sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu> wrote:
: If someone had that much time and energy, it would be much better to
: re-write it using the work of Morten Welinder, PMODE, and CWSDPMI into
: a DPMI server which ran mostly in 32-bit protected mode itself, with only
: enough 16-bit code to load itself.

Actually, DJ has already stated this to be an eventual goal (see
	http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/history.html
).

: But with DPMI readily available in many systems already, improving 
: CWSDPMI looks like a marginal use of time.  

It's still important to have a free DPMI host with sources available (I need
it, even if no one else does :-)

-- 
Esa Peuha
student of mathematics at the University of Helsinki
http://www.helsinki.fi/~peuha/