Date: Fri, 14 Jul 1995 07:28:36 -0600 (MDT)
From: Jon <JONH AT cc DOT usu DOT edu>
Subject: Re: DPMI - what is it?
To: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu



On Thu, 13 Jul 1995, Skip Egley wrote:

>  I'm new to djgpp, but I've considered myself somewhat computer literate
> until I started reading some of the stuff included with the package.  What
> is this DPMI? From what I gather, it's something to do with graphics on your
> terminal.  I'd sure like to understand more.  I don't expect anyone to give
> me a mini tutorial here.
> Is there somewhere I can grab more info on this?

   DPMI stands for DOS Protected Mode Interface.  And that's exactly what 
it is, an interface for protected mode under DOS.  I believe the DPMI 
specs are at ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/programming

 -Jon