How do one program DMPI? What is exactly is DPMI?

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From: Nicolai Wadstr|m
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1992 22:00

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Does anyone know more exactly what can be done with DPMI?
Is it possible to have a flat address space in an DPMI session?
What I'm thinking of is that with the external VDM's in OS/2
it would be possible to boot up something else than DOS, for
example UNIX maybe...


/ nicolai, nicolai@lysator.liu.se


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