Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 12:32:35 -0500 (EST)
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> >> I was referring to DPMI program compatibility.
> >
> >That's a non-issue.  If Windows 1.0 had a DPMI host built into it,
> >DJGPP would use it.  If it didn't, CWSDPMI would be loaded.
> 
> That is, unless "Protected mode not accessible" or there's a
> really buggy DPMI in Windows.

I don't think Windows 1.0 had a DPMI server at all.  As a matter of
fact, I don't think it had a DOS Extender, either.

> QDPMI from QEMM, IIRC, was crap.

Which version?  All the versions since about 1994 were not bad.  The
only bugs were in allocating lots of memory.  Latest versions are free
from those bugs.  I'm still using QDPMI from time to time, for testing
purposes.