Date: Sun, 23 Nov 1997 15:05:32 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Axxen <dole DOT bludger AT the DOT beach>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Problem with RHIDE 1.4 & NT4.0
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On Thu, 20 Nov 1997, Axxen wrote:

> NT 4.0 does crash a lot, on my computer too.
> But I don't think it's not related to DJGPP or Rhide.
> 
> My computer crashes at any time and with any application runing,
> Suddenly I'm looking at the blue screen memory dump.
> It seems to depend on how much system resources are available.
> The lower the resouces the more likely a crash. (obviously)

NT doesn't like nearptr hack.  It also crashes when you use the 
__dpmi_free_dos_memory function, or anything in the library that calls it 
(e.g., conio functions do sometimes).

The default sbrk algorithm can also cause NT to barf.  You should compile 
your programs with Unixy sbrk flag set (see libc.info).