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Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 10:36:12 +0200
From: Gautier <gautier DOT demontmollin AT maths DOT unine DOT ch>
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Subject: Re: cwsdpmi
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> Can someone tell me why DPMI disappears each time a program used it.
> 
> e.g :
> 
> C:\...\>game.exe
>   Load error : no DPMI - get csdpmi*b.zip
> C:\...\>cwsdpmi.exe
> C:\...\>game.exe
>   (play the game)
>   (quit the game -- it's not good anyway :-)
> C:\...\>game.exe
>   Load error : no DPMI - get csdpmi*b.zip
> 
> ...

> This becomes very annoying when I'm testing this game
> (I constantly forget to restart cwsdpmi -- frustration all over)

Running cwsdpmi alone makes DPMI available *once* (for the next program);
to "cwsdpmi -p" loads it permanently. What is strange
is that the stub in game.exe normally runs automatically
cwsdpmi when no DPMI service is detected. Maybe
your cwsdpmi.exe is not in the PATH...

-- 
Gautier

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