From:	"Robb Beggs" <rjbeggs AT hotmail DOT com>
Subject:	Re: Newbie question, newbie error
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
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Date:	Mon, 09 Feb 1998 16:31:50 GMT
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> Well, maybe I have been a bit too harsh... Sorry. 
> What I do not want is solving other peoples problems, 
> but show them ways _how_ they can solve their problems.
> About every freeware/GNU package comes with files called
> README.1ST, INSTALL ore variations thereof. I just wasted
> some hours for installing an upgrade of our backup package 
> because I didn't read those files. (Done that before, that much
> can't have changed. It can.) Instead of giving a complete answer
> I do believe it is more helpful in the long run to explain how to 
> avoid those problems. Believe me, it'll keep your blood pressure 
> down, your computer undented, your knowledge of four letter words
> at a minimum.
> 
> 
> Don't believe it, read it ;-)
> The foreign language is a problem for most of us, the mix
> of native and non-native speakers may cause some confusion.
> Luckily, I miss out most of the differences between british and
> american english.
> 

ARRGH! Tom, I did read the file. Drop it. I feel low enough that I have
trouble understanding the docs, and its not due to the fact that I didn't
read them.  I am a linguistics major, not a computer science major like I
would suppose some of the people here are. Even remotely technical language
is lost on me. English isn't the problem, jargon is, and the docs are full
of it. This is a venture into foreign territory for me.

Begin editorial here-->(this is why I dislike posting on usenet, most news
groups tend to be a little condescending) <-- end editorial

Anyhow, back to my problem before anyone get offended and stops helping me.

I'm using win 95 and tried running the program with all of your suggestions
in the auto exec, but now it tells me about a load error: DPMI not loaded.
From what I read DPMI is DOS protected mode ( a memory state?) so I /?
emm386.exe, and the only options are on/ off/ auto and w-processor on/ off.
How do I set this?

And as far as being silent forever, believe me, by now, I am so humbled by
my ignorance, I'd love to be silent.

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