Why doesn't gs386 support DPMI?

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2 total messages Started by Ken Neighbors Tue, 13 Oct 1992 05:44

#401

Author: Ken Neighbors
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 05:44

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I'm getting tired of all the programs that use some proprietary
memory manager that's incompatible with Dos Protected Mode Interface.
I'm no DOS programmer, so maybe it's hard to use, but it just makes
the product impossible to use.  I heard that a 386 protected mode
program should first check to see if something else is running in
protected mode and use DPMI if available.  Then I could run gs386
in an OS/2 DOS box or a windows DOS box, and take advantage of my
semi-blazing 486/33.

Comments?

Ken Neighbors
wkn@leland.stanford.edu

P.S.  Ghostscript is great otherwise.  I guess I'll just have to
      settle for the slow mode.

Re: Why doesn't gs386 support DPMI? (It does!)

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Author: Ken Neighbors
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 05:49

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In article <1992Oct13.054447.12316@leland.Stanford.EDU> wkn@leland.Stanford.EDU (Ken Neighbors) writes:
>I'm getting tired of all the programs that use some proprietary
>memory manager that's incompatible with Dos Protected Mode Interface.

I griped too soon.  Apparently, the AUTO setting for DPMI_DOS_API is not
sufficient.  You have to set it to ENABLED.  Hope this helps someone else.
(This is in OS/2 2.0, settings for a DOS session.)

Ken

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