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Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 13:43:08 -0600 (CST)
From: Colin w Glenn <cwg01 AT gnofn DOT org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: RE: DJGPP under Windows 98... (to ELI)
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Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.95.981029134149.12857A-100000@sparkie.gnofn.org>
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On Thu, 29 Oct 1998, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
->
->On Thu, 29 Oct 1998, Colin w Glenn wrote:
->
->> could it be that the 'main' 'pif' which win95 uses for running batch files
->> is wrong?
->
->Maybe.  Do you know what that pif is?  I always thought Windows uses the 
->properties of the DOS box to un every DOS program, unless that program 
->has its own pif file, but I might be mistaken.

I believe it does, but I'm not certain, I'll have to dig through my system
when I'm not online, some of my 'pif' kill my comm session due to the
nature of their execution. ;).


->
->> No I can't, all of my 'pif's' are unchecked in that aspect, but EVERY one
->> of then are 'fixed' in terms of XMS.
->
->Good, that means protection isn't an issue.
->
->I believe you mean DPMI, not XMS, since DJGPP doesn't use XMS under 
->Windows.
->
->Thanks for the other info.  I guess Windows 98 will need to have its own 
->section in the next FAQ after all...
->

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