Mail Archives: djgpp/1997/08/25/07:50:50
On Fri, 15 Aug 1997 15:51:13 in article <33f47af1 DOT sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu>
Charles Sandmann <sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu> wrote:
: If someone had that much time and energy, it would be much better to
: re-write it using the work of Morten Welinder, PMODE, and CWSDPMI into
: a DPMI server which ran mostly in 32-bit protected mode itself, with only
: enough 16-bit code to load itself.
Actually, DJ has already stated this to be an eventual goal (see
http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/history.html
).
: But with DPMI readily available in many systems already, improving
: CWSDPMI looks like a marginal use of time.
It's still important to have a free DPMI host with sources available (I need
it, even if no one else does :-)
--
Esa Peuha
student of mathematics at the University of Helsinki
http://www.helsinki.fi/~peuha/
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