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From: larrys@watson.ibm.com
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Subject: Re: DPMI Support in OS/2 v 2.0?
Message-ID: <1991Jun17.133212.26708@watson.ibm.com>
Date: 17 Jun 91 13:30:42 GMT
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In <1991Jun12.233320.1@lure.latrobe.edu.au>, ccmk@lure.latrobe.edu.au writes:
>
>In article <1991Jun10.215740.22830@netcom.COM>, feustel@netcom.COM (David Feuste
>l) writes:
>>
>> Does anyone know whether DPMI is going to be supported in OS/2 v 2.0?
>
>To answer your question: yes, and it will be directly available.
>The real question is, however, what version of DPMI will it be?
>The answer should include why (vis a vis the 0.9 vs 1.0 problem).
>
>Larry, can you answer this one?
>
>Mark Kosten

No, I cannot, but some alarm in my head is saying version 0.9 will be
supported, because the .9 spec was the only thing available when
development was started on it.  However, I cannot be sure, nor can I be
certain this is the "official" reason if indeed this is the case.

Marc (Cohen):  can you help here?

Cheers,
Larry Salomon, Jr. (aka 'Q')            LARRYS@YKTVMV.BITNET
OS/2 Applications and Tools             larrys@ibmman.watson.ibm.com
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center         larrys@eng.clemson.edu
Yorktown Heights, NY

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