Re: Oracle6 for DOS in OS/2 VDM, anyone?

In article <2ttvmg$ev3_at_news.ysu.edu>, Brian C. Shensky <ak730_at_yfn.ysu.edu> wrote:
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>I may have asked this before, a while ago, but...
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>Has anybody been able to get Oracle6 for DOS to run in an os/2 VDM?
>Every time I try to start the database, I get a message
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>Keyboard does not support A20 access.
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>What does this mean? How does this keep me from using the product?
>WHat is an A20 driver? I appreciate any responses, posted and emailed.
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>Thanks.
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>_brian_
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This won't work, neither will any of the other Oracle DOS protected mode DOS tools such as Form3.ReportWriter1/Menu/, etc included with 6.0A. Why?-because Oracle requires VCP services, not DPMI. This same problem means that you can't run these tools in a Windows DOS box either. There is some sort of one time upgrade that you can get from DOS to OS/2, NT and maybe netware. You'll have to call. Received on Sun Jun 19 1994 - 18:53:33 CEST