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Help need. Some network programs for DOS just lockups. (Users)

posted by Laaca , Czech republic, 02.10.2018, 17:55

Privet!
Hard to say where can be the problem. My first idea - some unsupported instruction in the used network library (Watt32) for your CPU.
Maybe I am wrong but I thought that newer builds of Watt32 are compiled for 686+ processors with instructions like CMOVxx.
But I am even not sure whether your processor (STPC Elite 133Mhz), although marked as i80486 compatible, knows the new 486 instructions like BSWAP or XADD.

But maybe I am wrong and the problem is elsewhere. First - try more DJGPP+Watt32 programs. I uploaded the testing binaries for Watt32
here

As a next step try to replace the default DPMI server to an alternative.
The easiest is the use the HDPMI32 server from the HX-DOS package by Japheth.
(commandline is HDPMI32 -r)
After loading such DPMI server try to run your problematic binaries again.

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DOS-u-akbar!

Complete thread:

• Help need. Some network programs for DOS just lockups. - aleksej, 29.09.2018, 13:59
  • Help need. Some network programs for DOS just lockups. - RayeR, 01.10.2018, 23:22
    • Help need. Some network programs for DOS just lockups. - Rugxulo, 02.10.2018, 02:47
  • Help need. Some network programs for DOS just lockups. - Laaca, 02.10.2018, 17:55
    • Help need. Some network programs for DOS just lockups. - Rugxulo, 03.10.2018, 02:48
    • Help need. Some network programs for DOS just lockups. - RayeR, 03.10.2018, 21:44