How to Order the DPMI or VCPI Specification

Last reviewed: November 30, 1994
Article ID: Q64445

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows operating system versions 3.0, 3.0a, 3.1, 3.11

SUMMARY

The DOS Protected Mode Interface (DPMI) specification (version 1.0) is distributed as Intel Part Number 240997-001 and can be obtained at no charge from:

   Intel Literature Sales jp26
   3065 Bowers Ave.
   P.O. Box 58065
   Santa Clara, CA  95051-8065
   Phone: (800) 548-4725 (international customers should contact their
   local Intel sales representative)

DPMI specification 0.9 will be sent out along with version 1.0 until September 1991 or until proven by the implementation of a host. Specification 0.9 will be dropped at that time.

The Virtual Control Program Interface (VCPI) Specification (version 1.0, dated June 12, 1989) can be obtained from:

   Phar Lap Software, Inc.
   60 Aberdeen Avenue
   Cambridge, MA  02138
   Phone: (617) 661-1510

MORE INFORMATION

Members of the DPMI Committee include the following:

   Borland International
   Eclipse Computer Solutions, Inc.
   International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)
   Intelligent Graphics Corporation
   Intel Corporation
   Locus Computing Corporation
   Lotus Development Corporation
   Microsoft Corporation
   Phar Lap Software, Inc.
   Phoenix Technologies Ltd.
   Quarterdeck Office Systems
   Rational Systems, Inc.

For more information on this subject, refer to the July 1990 issue of "Microsoft Systems Journal" (Vol. 5, No. 4) or to "Extending DOS" by Ray Duncan (published by Addison-Wesley).

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Last reviewed: November 30, 1994
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