Hi
Clarence Verge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
CV> QDPMI is NOT loaded as I have never needed it for anything before.
Now it would be handy :)
And many other programs need it. (eg DJGPP Arachne as Michael has announced
it)
CV> I think I want to keep it that way.<G>
Why ?? QDPMI needs less than 3 KB of memory and can be loaded high.
ANd for example it speeds up the new pkzip 2.50 which is able to use DPMI.
CV> I see no mention of special DPMI services in the docs I have for
CV> Himem and emm386.
The MS-DOS versions don't proviode DPMI.
DR-DOS does, but it is EXTREMELY buggy. (caldera advises you to disable it
and load another DPMI server instead)
CV> I thought ALL memory managers used protected mode anyway.
No ... himem not, emm386 yes.
But _USING_ protectedmode itself and providing a protected mode interface
(DPMI) are 2 things !
CV> Are you by any chance running a DOS extender like DOS4GW.exe ?
CV> Maybe this thing needs to run in 32bit mode. :-((
DOS4GW is a VERY old way of providing full memory access.
Almost all new programs use DPMI.
Eg you load a DPMI server (eg QDPMI <3 KB) and you can use 16 or 32 bit
programs, which can access linear memory.
CV> - Clarence Verge
CU, Ricsi
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