Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 18:30:53 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: "Orlando A. Andico" <orly AT natalie DOT eee DOT upd DOT edu DOT ph>
Cc: Patrick Doyle <wdoyle AT cdsp DOT neu DOT edu>, djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject: Re: DPMI Error
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On Wed, 13 Mar 1996, Orlando A. Andico wrote:

> Have you tried running DJGPP Make under Windoze? I'm not too sure about 
> this, but I think the problem is that programs running under CWSDPMI 
> can't spawn 16-bit DPMI apps 'cause CWSDPMI doesn't support 16-bit DPMI. 
> But since Windoze does this, maybe then Make *will* work with your 16-bit 
> GAS.

No DPMI 0.9 server, Windoze or otherwise, can mix 16-bit and 32-bit DPMI
apps.  This is a bug/feature of the DPMI spec.  That means that you cannot
spawn a 16-bit DPMI program from within a 32-bit DPMI pprogram, or vice 
versa.