Date: Mon, 9 Feb 1998 19:30:57 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Robb Beggs <rjbeggs AT hotmail DOT com>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Newbie question, newbie error
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On Mon, 9 Feb 1998, Robb Beggs wrote:

> I am a linguistics major, not a computer science major like I
> would suppose some of the people here are. Even remotely technical language
> is lost on me. English isn't the problem, jargon is, and the docs are full
> of it. This is a venture into foreign territory for me.

If some specific wording of the docs made it hard on you to understand 
the intent, please quote those places in the docs and suggest how they 
should be improved.

> I'm using win 95 and tried running the program with all of your suggestions
> in the auto exec, but now it tells me about a load error: DPMI not loaded.

This cannot happen if you run DJGPP programs from the DOS box.  Please 
tell exactly how did you run that program, and what was the exact text of 
the error message.

> From what I read DPMI is DOS protected mode ( a memory state?) so I /?

DPMI=DOS Protected Mode Interface.  Windows has a built-in DPMI server, 
so you should never see this message in the DOS box under Windows.