Xref: news2.mv.net comp.os.msdos.djgpp:3244 From: alex DOT soto AT analog DOT com (Alex Soto) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: V2 = hmmm Date: 26 Apr 1996 16:22:58 -0400 Organization: Analog Devices Inc, Norwood MA, USA Lines: 43 Sender: soto AT thanos DOT analog DOT com Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 137.71.23.3 In-reply-to: alexlehm@rbg.informatik.th-darmstadt.de's message of 26 Apr 1996 12:59:02 GMT To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp >>>>> "Alexander" == Alexander Lehmann writes: Alexander> I'm not sure if I have a similar concept of what driver Alexander> is, but IMHO a driver is something that has to be started Alexander> in the rc.local, config.sys, System Folder (whatever your Alexander> system is), e.g. setting the EMM386 to support EMS while Alexander> you usually prefer not to use it due to memory loss or Alexander> loading a VESA bios extension. Extenders like dos4gw and Alexander> cwsdpmi don't really count as drivers, since they are Alexander> loaded at startup (I would say). As long as you can unzip Alexander> your shareware program into an installation directory and Alexander> then run it from there, I think nobody will complain. Alexander> Compared to dos4gw, go32 and cwsdpmi work better BTW, if Alexander> you want to run a Watcom 32bit program from a different Alexander> directory, you have to supply the path to the extender Alexander> also (d:/foo/dos4gw d:/foo/prog.exe) since it only looks Alexander> in the current directory and maybe the PATH, while cwsdpmi Alexander> is also found in the directory the program is found in. Actually, that's not entirely true. If you get the dos4g pro, you can embed the dos extender into the executable. I found this very convenient...it avoided problems when the customer didn't have dos4gw in the correct directory and IMHO saved alot of customer calls (though that is kind of hard to measure). I'm not sure if people have done this, but it would be nice to have a comparison for memory usage between the extenders available. Apparently this new cswdpmi is substantially better than the old go32. How does it compare to dos4g...in terms of memory usage, speed, limitations, etc... ? Alexander> bye, Alexander PS Cool name! :) Mystic (aka alex) -- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Mystic (508) 668-9713 (Home) (alex DOT soto AT analog DOT com) (617) 461-3822 (Work) Analog Devices, Inc ----------------------------------------------------------------