Subj : Re: djgpp program only runs in DOSBox.
To   : mark lewis
From : joseph larsen
Date : Wed Nov 04 2015 12:56:04

|01 ÜÜÛ²ßßÝßßß  °ß    °|LF|01²ß  quoting |09mark lewis |01on |0910/31/15

> ok... and how are you trying to start it from the BBS?
> 

Directly as a door. With the "D-" command (no dropfile).

> the problem in the DOS world is that programs only have so much memory to pla
> with... when one program executes another program, the executor may need to s
> p out of memory so the executee will have enough to be able to run... there w
>  an old swapper unit that one could use in the programs to swap to disk file,
> MS or XMS and then when the executee finished and exited, then the executor w
> ld reload from the disk file, EMS or XMS and carry on... BBS systems like RA
> emoteAccess) used *M on their external program lines to indicate that RA had
>  swap out of memory...

I'm sure that the memory isn't the issue..

> i doubt that the swapper unit will work with today's compilers... what would 
> ed to be done there would be for the BBS to exit with a certain error level s
> the BAT file that controls it can then fire up the other program... when the 
> her program finishes, the BAT file would do whatever and then jump back to th
> top to reload the BBS and either start waiting for a call or pick back up wit
> the caller already online and signed in...

Nod.

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