On Thu, 1 Jun 2000, Skippy wrote:
> I am in need of help. I am a newbie and had the problem dumped in my lap by the boss.
> We run MS DOS 6.22 with Paradox 4.5 over a Lantastic network.
> My boss is considering getting away from Microsoft but wont rewrite our
> database program. Can Paradox 4.5 be run under dosemu, specifically what
> would the memory settings be since Paradox is sensative to that. Any
> help would be appreciated.
A dejanews search didn't look very promising:
http://x76.deja.com/=rfc/getdoc.xp?AN=556947984&CONTEXT=959905379.831455273&hitnum=1
somebody reports about 0.98.8:
When I try to start paradox 4.x, I get the following error:
DPMI server init. error->v86 task without vcpi
EMUFailure says:
1.5. Does my failing program belong to these groups?
Check with "strings <program.exe> | less" if the programm contains
some of these keywords vcpi, pharlap and win32s. Newer Pharlap
programs may work.
So search the executable for "vcpi". If it's there, you're in trouble. If
not, you may be fine in version 1.0.0, but you have to try it out.
Things to look out for:
dos should be setuid root for DPMI apps.
adjust the xms and dpmi settings in /etc/dosemu.conf. You'll have to
experiment a bit. Just start specifying the amount of memory the program
requires under "real" dos. (roughly said, you're still running real DOS
under DOSEMU, just most of the bios services are provided by dosemu
instead of the real BIOS.)
Bart
