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Re: Changing a DPMI host, but keeping the DOS extender

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Rugxulo  <rugxulo@gmail.com> wrote:
>Yes, already mentioned that is a weird quirk. I emailed him, even he
>doesn't remember why he did that. Oh well. But like I said, just do
>"hdpmi32 -r", "jemm386 novcpi", "dos32a blah.exe ...", "jemm386 vcpi",
>"hdpmi32 -u", and everything should be okay (if it doesn't work by
>default, e.g. EMM386 NOVCPI, and you want to force DPMI).

Without VCPI enabled neither the DPMI host nor the DOS extender will have
a means to enter protected mode if something like JEMM386 or EMM386 is
running and providing EMS and/or UMBs.

>It always uses VCPI despite DPMI being available also. You used to be
>able to configure / choose, but no longer. Perhaps if you reassemble
>it and uncomment out that part, but I haven't tried. Easier to use the
>weird "jemm386 novcpi" hack mentioned above. Or just don't load
>EMM386!   ;-)

If something like EMM386 or JEMM386 isn't running then the DOS extender
can just enter protected mode directly.  It doesn't need to use VCPI or
the already loaded DPMI host.

Looking at the source, that's in fact what DOS/32A will do.

						Ross Ridge


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Changing a DPMI host, but keeping the DOS extender "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailntt.cmm> - 2012-05-19 20:08 -0400
  Re: Changing a DPMI host, but keeping the DOS extender Rugxulo <rugxulo@gmail.com> - 2012-05-19 19:07 -0700
    Re: Changing a DPMI host, but keeping the DOS extender "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailntt.cmm> - 2012-05-20 05:38 -0400
      Re: Changing a DPMI host, but keeping the DOS extender Rugxulo <rugxulo@gmail.com> - 2012-05-20 09:15 -0700
        Re: Changing a DPMI host, but keeping the DOS extender "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailntt.cmm> - 2012-05-20 20:46 -0400
          Re: Changing a DPMI host, but keeping the DOS extender Rugxulo <rugxulo@gmail.com> - 2012-05-21 16:26 -0700
            Re: Changing a DPMI host, but keeping the DOS extender "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailntt.cmm> - 2012-05-22 03:39 -0400
              Re: Changing a DPMI host, but keeping the DOS extender Rugxulo <rugxulo@gmail.com> - 2012-05-22 08:41 -0700
                Re: Changing a DPMI host, but keeping the DOS extender Rugxulo <rugxulo@gmail.com> - 2012-05-22 16:14 -0700
                Re: Changing a DPMI host, but keeping the DOS extender "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailntt.cmm> - 2012-05-24 15:38 -0400
                Re: Changing a DPMI host, but keeping the DOS extender Rugxulo <rugxulo@gmail.com> - 2012-05-24 14:06 -0700
                Re: Changing a DPMI host, but keeping the DOS extender Ross Ridge <rridge@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> - 2012-05-25 02:14 -0400
                Re: Changing a DPMI host, but keeping the DOS extender Rugxulo <rugxulo@gmail.com> - 2012-05-25 15:55 -0700
                Re: Changing a DPMI host, but keeping the DOS extender Ross Ridge <rridge@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> - 2012-05-25 21:42 -0400
                Re: Changing a DPMI host, but keeping the DOS extender Ross Ridge <rridge@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> - 2012-05-25 22:06 -0400
                Re: Changing a DPMI host, but keeping the DOS extender Rugxulo <rugxulo@gmail.com> - 2012-05-25 23:03 -0700
                Re: Changing a DPMI host, but keeping the DOS extender "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailntt.cmm> - 2012-05-26 07:33 -0400
                Re: Changing a DPMI host, but keeping the DOS extender Ross Ridge <rridge@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> - 2012-05-26 20:10 -0400
                Re: Changing a DPMI host, but keeping the DOS extender "Harry Vaderchi" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2012-05-28 07:38 +0100
  Re: Changing a DPMI host, but keeping the DOS extender Ross Ridge <rridge@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> - 2012-05-20 19:20 -0400

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