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First post, by Joeyxp2

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I do not think this is game specific and I can barely find any posts concerning this so I am going to post a message here. I am trying to run one of my Dos games with Dosbox and it has this error:
Load error: no DPMI - Get csdpmi*b.zip

First of all, I want to know what this file is for and then I want to know how to get the game working. I also want to know where I can get this file if it is needed. If it isn't I just need to know how to configure Dos-Box so it can run these types of games.

Reply 1 of 2, by HunterZ

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CWSDPMI provides access to memory beyond 640KB to DOS programs compiled with DJGPP (the DOS port of the ubiquitous GNU C/C++ compiler)

You can find info and downloads here: http://clio.rice.edu/cwsdpmi/
I don't know if that's the newest version or not. I do know that you want to get the binary distribution and unzip it into the same folder as your game's .EXE file(s). The game will use it automatically if it's there.

Reply 2 of 2, by Joeyxp2

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Oh, this where I got it: http://www.student.northpark.edu/pemente/sed/sedfaq5.html
They provide some links and information about what csdpmi*b.zip and why it is needed. I found out that a lot of Dos software and emulators require it.

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