How to Order the DPMI or VCPI Specification (64445)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows 3.0
  • Microsoft Windows 3.0a
  • Microsoft Windows 3.1
  • Microsoft Windows 3.11
This article was previously published under Q64445

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)

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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