From: "Florian X" <dos DOT fire AT aon DOT at>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
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Subject: Re: EMM386 and DPMI
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 15:43:23 +0200
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If you use Dr-DOS (www.drdos.org) then emm386 loads a dpmi driver.
Else you need another DPMI server, like cwsdpmi.exe.

Long live DOS as desktop solution!

so long, florian
www.seal.de.vu
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Dennis Katsonis schrieb in Nachricht <8qfdfv$hq0$1 AT otis DOT netspace DOT net DOT au>...
>Could someone clear something up for me?  I though I knew quite a bit about
>DOS and DJGPP.  DJGPP programs for DOS need DPMI right?  To get DPMI you
>need to run the program in Windows (ugh!) or load a DPMI server in DOS, ie
>CWSDPMI or something.  However I find that loading EMM386.EXE in the
>CONFIG.SYS seems to be enough to get these programs working?  Is this
>correct, does EMM386 provide DPMI?
>
>Long live DOS!
>
>