Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 13:17:50 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Anton Helm <tony AT dictator DOT nt DOT tuwien DOT ac DOT at>
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Subject: Re: Message: Load error: No DPMI memory
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On Tue, 24 Nov 1998, Anton Helm wrote:

> 1) Is there a problem with v1 programs and WinNT in general ?

Don't have any real data, but I won't be surprised if v1 is unstable on
NT.  When I used v1.x, I always knew that to run it in non-DPMI mode
(whenever possible) is safer. 

> 2) Anyone out there who has access to the sources of <display> ?

`display' should be on SimTel.NET; aren't the sources there as well?  I 
looked at that program a long time ago, and I'm not sure anymore whether 
it had free sources.

> 3) Someone who has compiled <display> for DJGPP v2.x ?

I think you can't, not without a lot of work.  `display' uses some very 
sneaky tricks to do its magic, and those tricks require direct access to 
video hardware via a constant address.  I think not even nearptr can 
handle that.

That is why `display' saw several major v1.x-compiled releases long after 
v2 was already in use.

> 4) Any hints, how to make the current setup work better ?

Is dumping NT an option? ;-)