From: "Duncan Coutts" <Duncan DOT Coutts AT dial DOT pipex DOT com>
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Subject: Re: DMPI trouble
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 16:26:55 +0100
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William J Kotzan wrote in message
<7rf3ca$5e3g$1 AT newssvr04-int DOT news DOT prodigy DOT com>...
>Hello, I have a gaming program called SNES9X, and it used to work fine.
>Then all of a sudden, it stopped working and I get an error saying "Load
>Error: No DMPI  - Find csdmpi*b.zip"
>
>Could someone please explain this problem or at least tell me what DMPI is?
>Thank you.


DPMI - Dos Protected Mode Interface
It allows dos programs to run in protected mode making full use of the
system's memory including virtual memory and other services. DJGPP programs
run in protected mode and so need a DPMI server. This could be a driver
(such as cwsdpmi (or however it is spelt!)) or your OS such as Win95. do you
rember Dos4gw from all your old dos games? That was a memory extender as
well. Before you run your DJGPP program (and if you are not running from
windows) you need to load the DPMI server. See the FAQ or DJGPP
documentation for details.