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From: ming@plxsun.uucp (Lak-Ming Lam)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject: Re: DPMI
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Date: 19 Jun 91 00:52:35 GMT
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The DPMI (DOS Protect Mode Interface) specification (version 0.9 dated
May 15, 1990) is distributed as Intel Part Number 240763-001 and can
be obtained at no charge from Intel Literature Sales, P.O. Box 58130,
Santa Clara, CA 95052, phone (800) 548-4725 (international customers
should contact their local Intel sales representative).
Version 1.0 of the specification has just been released.

The VCPI (Virtual Control Program Interface) Specification (version
1.0, dated June 12, 1989) can be obtained from Phar Lap Software,
Inc., 60 Aberdeen Avenue, Cambridge MA 02138, phone (617) 661-1510.

More Information:

Members of the DPMI Committee include the following:

   Borland International
   Eclipse Computer Solutions, Inc.
   International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)
   Intelligent Graphics Corporation
   Intel Corporation
   Locus Computing Corporation
   Lotus Development Corporation
   Microsoft Corporation
   Phar Lap Software, Inc.
   Phoenix Technologies Ltd.
   Quarterdeck Office Systems
   Rational Systems, Inc.

For more information on this subject, refer to the July 1990 issue of
"Microsoft Systems Journal" (Vol. 5, No. 4) or to "Extending DOS" by
Ray Duncan (published by Addison-Wesley).

Date Updated:  91/06/18