Date:	Mon, 4 Jan 93 13:12:17 EST
From:	DJ Delorie <dj AT ctron DOT ctron DOT com>
To:	morrison AT ee DOT ualberta DOT ca
Cc:	djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject:	djgpp under OS/2

>I am trying to run
>this in a DOS window under OS/2.  Is this possible?

Here's the clue.  The Extender must switch the CPU into protected
mode, and since OS/2 is already running in protected mode (even the
dos boxes), the attempt to switch would fail.  The only way
(currently) to get around this is to use a VCPI interface, which OS/2
does not provide.  An alternative is to use emx, which is the OS/2
equivalent of djgpp (*I* don't have info on it, so please don't ask
me).  Hopefully, djgpp wil eventually have DPMI 1.0 support, which may
allow OS/2 operation.

DJ

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