Date:	Mon, 1 Feb 1999 07:27:07 -0500 (EST)
From:	Fleet Teachout <fleet AT cbl DOT umces DOT edu>
Message-Id:	<199902011227.HAA08358@cbl.umces.edu>
To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: Creating 16-bit code?
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
X-Newsreader:	TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0]
Reply-To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com

In article <19990201113120 DOT A28031 AT mc31 DOT merton DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk> you wrote:
: On Fri, Jan 29, 1999 at 03:05:58PM -0500, Fleet Teachout wrote:
: > The scanner contains a 386 CPU, 640K RAM (470K useable as a RAM disk).
: > When I attempted to run the program I developed in the scanner, I got
: > "load error: no DPMI". (or something real close to that).
: 
: DJGPP programs require a DPMI server to run.  You need one that 
: uses low memory though, since there's no high memory in the system.  
: I don't know much about that.
: 
: The number of bits isn't the problem, it is that djgpp programs
: use DPMI to get their memory.

Thanks, George.  Got roughly the same answer from others.  

: Since you'd have to write in assebler anyway, if you know Intel
: syntax you might be better off playing with NASM.  Not having any
: high memory, you might be better off sticking to real mode if you 
: can't get a DPMI server to run your program in low memory.

Hmmmmm.  I haven't played with ASM since the mid 70's (and we used
80-column keypunch cards!) :)  

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