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From: William Nolan <wnolan+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: DJGPP XLIB library WARNING and new version uploaded
Date: Sat, 9 Sep 1995 18:39:19 -0400
Organization: Sophomore, Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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Excerpts from netnews.comp.os.msdos.djgpp: 7-Sep-95 DJGPP XLIB library
WARNING .. by Paul Fenwick AT FreeNet DOT Car 
> Warning:  if you're using the interrupt service routines
> (keyboard or vertical retrace) from previous versions and
> there is a possibility that the DPMI may page out memory.  This
> can crash your system and in extreme cases could lead to data loss.  
> See previous posts by Charles Sandmann for a better explanation.
>  
> The new version has the interrupt handlers removed until they
> are fixed:

BINGO

(dammit)  

:) oh well, that'll teach me to run beta versions of stuff without backing up

I still like djgpp though...


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