From: "Florian X" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp References: <10011151909 DOT AA18553 AT clio DOT rice DOT edu> Subject: Re: Announce: PMODE/DJ 1.3 beta Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 22:42:23 +0100 X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.71.1712.3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.71.1712.3 Lines: 58 Message-ID: <3a130329$0$13180@SSP1NO25.highway.telekom.at> NNTP-Posting-Host: 212.183.91.85 X-Trace: newsreader01.vienna.highway.telekom.at 974324521 13180 212.183.91.85 To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com I had no problem!! Bye, florian www.seal.de.vu www.drdos.org Charles Sandmann schrieb in Nachricht <10011151909 DOT AA18553 AT clio DOT rice DOT edu>... >The beta period for PMODE/DJ 1.3 is coming to an end - and I have not gotten >a single comment on the new release (there have been around 100 ftp >connections). If you have any testing to do before the new release, please >do it ASAP. > >Forwarded message: >> Subject: Announce: PMODE/DJ 1.3 beta >> Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 22:52:45 -0500 (CDT) >> >> I'd like to announce the beta of an updated version of PMODE - which is >> an alternate DPMI provider for DJGPP. It comes in two forms - a stub >> which can be appended to a DJGPP COFF image for a single image distribution, >> and in a "one pass" TSR which can be used in place of CWSDPMI.EXE. PMODE >> is smaller and faster than CWSDPMI, but does not provide virtual memory >> or ring 3 protection to programs. >> >> The binary distribution is available from: >> ftp://clio.rice.edu/djgpp/pmode13b_BETA.zip >> The source distribution is also available in the same directory: >> ftp://clio.rice.edu/djgpp/pmode13s_BETA.zip >> >> Since PMODE is a specialty DPMI provider with fewer users, I plan for the >> beta to last around 4 weeks - until November 17. At that point I will >> update the code based on comments and release 1.3. >> >> There are several bug fixes in this release, and it has been enhanced to >> support more than 64Mb of memory in both RAW and XMS environments. In >> particular, if you have a very large memory footprint machine (>512Mb) >> and a single image to run, PMODE is the most efficient way to provide >> DPMI services for that image. >> >> Changes from 1.2 to 1.3: >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> >> - fixed bug which zeroed memory when running under another DPMI provider. >> This caused PMODE/DJ programs running under CWSDPMI to trash it's code. >> - upgraded the stub loader code to 2.02 functionality and made it consistent >> (as much as possible) with the stub loader code used by CWSDSTUB. >> - fixed several bugs in the stub with missing segment overrides, causing >> variables to be stored in the wrong places. >> - added support for more than 64Mb of raw memory using extended BIOS functions. >> If more than 64Mb is available the int 15 hook won't return the proper values. >> - added support for more than 64Mb of XMS memory using extended XMS functions.