[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > using MusiXTeX under emTeX in a MS-DOS environment I have got the
> > following problem:
> > 1. Step: Running TeX is ok
> > 2. Step: Running musixflx --> Error message: ''No DPMI - get
> > csdpmi*b.zip''
> >
> > I have no idea where to get csdpmi*b.zip. Does it belong to emTeX or
> > MusiXTeX? I also use MusiXTeX under Windows NT (MikTeX/yap) and have no
> > problems.
> >
> > Any hints?!
> >
> > Thank you!
> >
> > Weini
> >
> The error message refers to a free-ware DPMI server, called cwsdpmi.
> It is normally used with programs compiled under the `DJGPP'
> environment for DOS (which is an alternative to the `EMX' environment
> used by the emTeX programs). Three possible solutions:
>
> 1. Use under Windows (any flavour) or OS/2, which provide
> their own DPMI services.
>
> 2. Get the source for musixflx and recompile using the EMX
> development tools.
>
> 3. Get the cwsdpmi program.
>
> For (3), look at a DJGPP directory on a simtelnet mirror site. For
> instance:
> ftp.cdrom.com/pub/simtelnet/gnu/djgpp/v2misc/csdpmi4b.zip
>
>
> My documentation for DJGPP mentions that there is a German simtelnet
> mirror site, as follows:
> ftp.mpi-sb.mpg.de (directory /pub/simtelnet/gnu/djgpp)
>
Another solution is to compile musixflx.c yourself using a DOS C compiler.
I managed quite well with Turbo C++ 3.0 using the 'huge' memory model.
Dirk
