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- Subject: Re: DPMI (Re: pkz204c.exe is available)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan12.124448.14987@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu>
- From: jdcarmack@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu (March Hare)
- Date: 12 Jan 93 12:44:48 -0500
- References: <rdippold.726458908@cancun> <726519334snz@chrism.demon.co.uk> <C0p9DK.HME@SSD.intel.com>
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- In article <C0p9DK.HME@SSD.intel.com>, jkearns@ssd.intel.com (Jerry Kearns) writes:
- > In article <1993Jan11.123715.10856@cs.tcd.ie>, dherity@cs.tcd.ie (Herity D.) writes:
- > |> jdcarmack@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu (March Hare) writes:
- > |>
- > |> >OK, I can't find this one. What does DPMI stand for?
- > |>
- > |> DOS Protected Mode Interface. It permits a 386 running DOS to be used as
- > |> a 386, not a go faster 8086, as is normal.
- > |> --
- > |> -----------------------------------------------------------|"Nothing travels |
- > |> | Dominic Herity, dherity@cs.tcd.ie, |faster than light, |
- > |> |Computer Science Dept, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland.|except possibly bad|
- > |> | Tel : +353-1-6772941 ext 1720 Fax : +353-1-6772204 |news"-Douglas Adams|
- >
- > A PC running DOS can be "used as a 386", i.e., run in 386 mode, without using
- > DPMI. DPMI is a multitasking spec (replacing VCPI), used by programs like
- > MS Windows and DESQview.
- >
- > Jerry
-
- I'd like to thank everyone who answered the question via mail or news. It
- does appear that there are some incompatibilities, but not always. I had
- originally posted that I had tried out pkzip2.04c under Windows and had
- no problem. Well, last night I did, so I'm back to 1.10 for now.:( However,
- some people apparently use QEMM under Windows, which I always thought
- was VPCI. Or, am I wrong on that account?
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