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HDPMI16 - reprogrammed PIC (DOSX)

posted by jaybur Homepage E-mail, UK, 27.11.2007, 01:46

> DR-DOS' EMM386 allows you to specific "PIC=ON" or "PIC=OFF" on the cmdline
> (e.g. for better DOS/4GW compatibility??).

Rugxulo, you're a genius! :-)

Doing a:

C:/>EMM386 PIC=ON

allows HDPMI16 (and HDPMI32 as well I should think) to work with DR's EMM386.EXE!

> P.S. I don't multitask on DR-DOS much at all, but I think you can "DPMI
> OFF" within one of the tasks and use something else (while still being
> able to multitask).

EMM386's DPMI server is pants, so should always be switched off:

CONFIG.SYS
...
C:\DRDOS\EMM386.EXE DPMI=OFF ...etc

> That's all I know. :-P

That was enough. :-)

 

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