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From: peprbv AT cfa0 DOT harvard DOT edu (Bob Babcock)
Subject: Re: CWSDPMI on non-386
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Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 17:28:50 GMT
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Charles Sandmann (sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu) wrote:
: > cwsdpmi.exe hangs with no message on an IBM model 30/286.

: Yes, there's a bug in the jump statement after detection - it uses a 
: conditional long jump for the 386+ case, but this nukes the pre 386
: systems.  Sigh.  I even tested it on an XT sometime back, but must
: have broken it.  Oh well, next release, sorry.

It's no big deal; the program wasn't going to run in any case.  If
this is fixed, will a djgpp program survive long enough on a non-386+
system to attempt to call cwsdpmi and trigger a useful message?