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From: "Marc D. Williams" <wilmarc AT gte DOT net>
To: opendos AT delorie DOT com
Date:          Sun, 5 Jul 1998 18:22:31 PST8PDT
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Subject:       Re: apps that argue with DPMI
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> 
> Hi,
> My DRDOS is configured with the emm386 parameter "dpmi=on" which I believe
> is required because I am using nwcache and taskmgr. Everything is working
> well, except for two programs which crash the system unless I first turn
> DPMI off before running them.

If I remember correctly, nwcache only needs DPMS to run. For my 
Windows config I had DPMI=OFF but still used DPMS and nwcache.

> One of those programs is "unzip386.exe" which I got with my DJGPP software,
> and the other is the Borland MAKE utility included in my C++ 4.51 package.
> My solution has been to imbed those commands in a batch file which first
> turns dpmi off, runs the utility, then turns it on again before exiting.
> Is there a better solution? Is this a trouble sign that I should take more
> seriously? Just curious.
> 
So far none of the DJGPP apps and utilities will work with DR-DOS's
DPMI. I first discovered that awhile back when Lynx rebooted the 
machine. Asked a question in the lynx-dev list about it and it turned into
a rather interesting DPMI discussion.

Other than taskmgr I'm still trying to figure out if there's any real
reason I need to use DR-DOS's DPMI. Anyone know what the actual benefit
is?

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