Hi
Clarence Verge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
CV> You are right, it clears it up - but ONLY a little.
CV> You had posted that it still worked after you changed your path
CV> to EXCLUDE cwsdpmi.exe.
CV> ??
No ... Glenn has excluded dos4gw from path, and it worked, because cwsdpmi
WAS STILL in path.
DJGPP programs try to access DPMI, if they fail, they look for cwsdpmi, if
that fails, they exit with an error message.
So you either need a DPMI server already loaded (drdos emm386, qdpmi), or
cwsdpmi in path.
CV> And anyway, the obscure point I've been trying to make is, some stuff
CV> works for some people because they accidentally have the support crap
CV> that the author forgot to mention was required. (Or in some cases,
CV> maybe the author doesn't KNOW his program won't run on EVERBODYs
CV> hardrive.)
You don't have to run those programs.
DJGPP is a great compiler, and it manages to evade some DOS deficiencies !
But it needs DPMI to acomplish that, so if you want to run such programs,
you have to provide DPMI interface.
I think this is absolutely worth it. (alone because of the speedup of
linear memory acces ...)
CV> - Clarence Verge
CU, Ricsi
PS: I can send you cwsdpmi if you want to, just contact me per mail.
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