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to: JONATHAN DE BOYNE POLLARD
from: BOB SEABORN
date: 1997-02-25 12:20:00
subject: DPMI parameters

 >DN> I suggested
 >DN> this value because all DOS/4GW programs that will run under real mode
 >DN> DOS [switched to DPMI] will also run in a VDM provided DPMI_DOS_API
 >DN> is ENABLED and DPMI_MEMORY_LIMIT is 32 or more -- unless they do
 >DN> something else that causes them to crash.
 >
 > The logic that all DOS/4GW programs will be written to run within the
 > limits of DOS/4GW runnning on raw DOS is sound.  I just wanted to
 > prevent people misunderstanding George's post and mistakenly thinking
 > that those limits apply to DOS/4GW programs running in a VDM on OS/2
 > where OS/2, not DOS/4GW, is the DPMI host.
      Are you suggesting that when I run a program on Warp 4 in a DOS box,
that normally requires the use of DOS4GW.EXE, I can configure things so that 
DOS4GW is neither needed nor used?
      If so, I'd sure appreciate an example and how to set it up, please.
                       .....Bob
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