I mean a full fledged, 32-bit DOS executable binary.
Will it, in DOS only mode, put the CPU into a protected 32-bit mode?
(i.e., does it use a DOS extender, or no?)
- MIke
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Michael B. Trausch [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.wcnet.org/~mtrausch 100% Microsoft Free on a PC!
Linux: Because rebooting is for adding new hardware and
changing the kernel!
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
On Thu, 8 Apr 1999, Kurt Kehler wrote:
KK>Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 15:33:08 -0400
KK>From: Kurt Kehler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
KK>To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
KK>Subject: Re: Unzipping Slackware Linux...
KK>
KK>On Thu, 8 Apr 1999 12:56:14 -0400 (EDT), Michael B. Trausch wrote:
KK>
KK>>PKZIP for DOS is 16-bit. It will NOT work.
KK>>
KK>>You need a 32-bit Version of an unzipping program.
KK>>
KK>>Unless they've made a DOSE32 binary of PKZIP, along with 32-bit calls, it
KK>>WILL NOT work.
KK>
KK>They have, though it took them a long time to get around to it. I used
KK>it to unzip my Zipslack. From their website:
KK>
KK>"PKZIP 2.50 for DOS will use DOS Protected Mode Interface (DPMI) in
KK>Windows 95/98, OS/2 and other DPMI supported environments to run 32-bit
KK>code for better and faster compression performance."
KK>
KK>>KK> http://www.pkware.com/shareware/pkz250dos.html
KK>
KK>--
KK>Kurt Kehler
KK>
KK>
KK>
