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Acrobat Reader for DOS under emulators and PDF1 conversion (Users)

posted by bocke, 12.02.2024, 02:56
(edited by bocke on 12.02.2024, 11:27)

> I did some experimentation and figured out the problem. It turns out to be
> the DPMS servers I use (which were made by Novell back when they were in
> charge of DR-DOS). Apparently, DPMS has a conflict with whatever DOS
> extender Acrobat Reader uses (I saw somewhere what it was, but I don't
> remember - but I know it's an extender and not DPMI). I don't know if
> you're familiar with DPMS or not, but it's sort of a "DPMI for TSRs and
> device drivers". I'm converting all my TSR's to take advantage of DPMS
> since it can save a TON of memory.
I had the best luck with leaving memory management to DOSBox. It usually doesn't like 3rd party memory managers.

Edit: A small correction of the text.

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