The DPMS driver is NOT the same as DPMI. It is a Novell invention, allowing drivers that support it, such as NWCDEX and NWCACHE (IIRC), etc., to load into Extended Memory and use only 1K or 2K of conventional memory. This is NOT the same as loading stuff high (into UMB), so can be very, very useful when you have a lot of stuff to load.
However, most drivers and TSR's don't support DPMS, so don't be dissapointed by those that don't benefit from this DPMS stuff. Joe. On Thu, 7 Nov 2002 23:29:11 +0000, Charles Angelich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hello Inigo - > >At 03:31 PM 11/7/02 -0800, you wrote: > >>> >DEVICE=C:\DRDOS\EMM386.EXE DPMI=OFF FRAME=NONE >>> >DOS=HIGH,UMB >>> >SHELL=C:\COMMAND.COM C:\ /E:1024 /P >>> [...] >>> >>> Are you certain that the second line of my >>> 'quickstart' example can be removed? >>> >>> DEVICE=C:\DRDOS\DPMS.EXE >>> >>> Arachne ships with CWSDPMI.EXE which must execute >>> prior to loading Arachne. As I understand this >>> DR-DOS DPMS.EXE is the same utlity? > >>I suppose you must be correct. I tried to eliminate >>all the drivers which I didn't think would be >>essential. I have never seen that driver loaded in my >>MS-DOS systems. > >MSDOS has no DPMI driver that I know of. That's why >Arachne includes the CWSDPMI.EXE program. > >>What is it for exactly? Is it one of >>those Dos Protected Mode drivers? > >Short answer - I never bothered to find out. > -------- snip -------- To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
