From: Morten Welinder <terra AT diku DOT dk>
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 1995 17:03:52 +0200
To: A DOT APPLEYARD AT fs2 DOT mt DOT umist DOT ac DOT uk
Cc: DJGPP AT SUN DOT SOE DOT CLARKSON DOT EDU
Subject: Re: Running Gnu C programs under Windows (P.S.)

   From: "A.Appleyard" <A DOT APPLEYARD AT fs2 DOT mt DOT umist DOT ac DOT uk>
   Date: Fri, 31 Mar 1995 10:57:07 GMT

     I also found that when I called the function `system()' (call a DOS
   command from a djgpp program) in a (big) djgpp program called from within
   Windows, the screen went blank and the system hung and I had to re-boot.

This is also what happens sometimes when shelling out from Emacs.  Various
parts (pages probably) of the program's code and/or data get overwritten
with zeros.

And the good news: it goes away in Djgpp V2.

Morten

[Djgpp V2 alias, Djgpp '95, was estimated to be released (beta) in 95Q1.
That's right about now -- ok, ok, it should be ready Real Soon Now!]