Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
From: "Mike Ruskai" <thanny AT spambegone DOT home DOT com>
Message-ID: <gunaalubzrpbz.f26amq3.pminews@news.avnl1.nj.home.com>
References:  <19981109193917 DOT 12218 DOT rocketmail AT send102 DOT yahoomail DOT com>
X-Newsreader: PMINews 2.00.1201 For OS/2
Organization: TLF
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Subject: Re: DPMI
Lines: 27
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1998 21:06:26 GMT
NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.3.130.120
NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1998 13:06:26 PDT
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com

On Mon, 9 Nov 1998 11:39:17 -0800 (PST), Ruediger Lange wrote:

>Hi,
>
>i'm just getting started with programming in C, so maybe this question
>seems trivial to you...
>
>I can run a compiled program in a dos box under Win98
>but not the WIN98 Dos-mode (if you restart to dos).
>It gives me an DPMI error. Why ? Is there a workaround ? Thank for you
>answer ! :-)   Ruediger

DPMI stands for DOS Protected Mode Interface.  There must be an active DPMI
server to run a DPMI program.  Standard behavior is for the first DPMI
program to assume the role of server if none is already present.

Since the compiler doesn't do this automatically, you'd have to do a lot of
undercover work.  The only other way to enable DPMI programs in a normal DOS
box is to load a memory manager that provides DPMI server functionality. 
QEMM does this, and probably also 386Max.  

--
 - Mike

Remove 'spambegone' to send e-mail.