From: kagel AT quasar DOT bloomberg DOT com
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 09:34:39 -0500
Message-Id: <9611211434.AA05030@quasar.bloomberg.com >
To: G DOT Boggio AT agora DOT stm DOT it
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
In-Reply-To: <199611202340.XAA01370@agora.stm.it> (G.Boggio@agora.stm.it)
Subject: Re: DJGPP 2.01 and Novell DOS 7
Reply-To: kagel AT dg1 DOT bloomberg DOT com

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   From: G DOT Boggio AT agora DOT stm DOT it
   Date: Wed,  20 Nov 96 23:35:37 GMT
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   I want to upgrade from DJGPP 1.12m3 to DJGPP 2.01 but, before I
   embark on downloading several megabytes, I should like to make sure
   that I'll be able to run the new release.  I use the Novell Dos 7 and
   the FAQ has ominous warnings about bugs in the Novell DPMI handler.
   It suggests disabling it and installing CWSDPMI instead: does this
   actually work? (I have never enabled the DPMI services, since I have
   no program requiring them.)

Actually CWSDPMI is more reliable and provides a more compete implementation of
the DPMI 0.90 standard, including some DPMI 1.0 features, than all but one
commercial DPMI server.  Using CWSDPMI is a good thing to do.

   I remember reading here, some months ago, a message mentioning a
   German site holding patches for DOS 7.  Since Novell has dropped DOS 7,
   I should be most grateful for pointers to any source of	information
   or support for this orphan OS, which I find quite superior to any
   Microsoft version.

I believe that Caldera purchased the source rights to Novell DOS which was DR
DOS and is making it the basis for their OpenDOS project.  Check out the
Caldera home page:
	http://www.caldera.com/

-- 
Art S. Kagel, kagel AT quasar DOT bloomberg DOT com

A proverb is no proverb to you 'till life has illustrated it.  -- John Keats