Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Path: utzoo!utgpu!barry
From: barry@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Barry Lay)
Subject: Re: DPMI Support in OS/2 v 2.0?
Message-ID: <1991Jun13.195546.27173@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca>
Organization: UTCS Public Access
References: <1991Jun10.215740.22830@netcom.COM>
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 1991 19:55:46 GMT

In article <1991Jun10.215740.22830@netcom.COM> feustel@netcom.COM (David Feustel) writes:
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# Does anyone know whether DPMI is going to be supported in OS/2 v 2.0?
# -- 
# David Feustel, 1930 Curdes Ave, Fort Wayne, IN 46805, (219) 482-9631
# EMAIL: feustel@netcom.com  or feustel@cvax.ipfw.indiana.edu

My understanding (gleaned from an IBM presentation where I asked this very
question) is that OS/2 will support up to 48 meg of expanded and extended
memory for the DOS boxes.  The expanded memory is DPMI only, that is, no
VCPI support.  Maybe QuarterDeck will come up with QEMM/2.

Barry