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 Message 36 
 mark lewis to Richard Menedetter 
 HPT (DOS) 
 13 Jul 16 12:40:22 
 
13 Jul 16 15:40, you wrote to me:

 JL>>> Ok. I found a DOS binary on sourceforge. Problem is, it segfaults
 JL>>> DOSEmu.. Anyone have any ideas?
 ml>> which DOS is it for? freeDOS? is freeDOS 32bit?

 RM> Does a 32 bit DOS exist??

apparently...

 RM> That would not be DOS any more, would it??

DOS is nothing more than "Disk Operating System"... it could be 256bit and
still be DOS...

 RM> Or do you mean extensions such as the DOS Protected Mode Interface
 RM> (DPMI)

nothing like that should be needed for true 32bit stuffs... they should be
using a flat memory model... the last time i used freedos it was very
different from the normal MS-DOS... especially in the memory area... i had to
figure out the new ways to get the drivers loaded that i needed to access a
machine i was rescuing data from... that was several years ago when machines
started coming out with no standard RS232 serial ports on them... luckily i
was able to use the parallel post to rescue this particular machine ;)

 ml>> aside from that, FIDOSOFT.HUSKY would be the place to ask about HPT
 ml>> specific problems like that...

 RM> Indeed ... but I doubt that there will be people left interested in
 RM> compiling and supporting it for DOS.

 RM> I still think that you are better of using old DOS tossers like FastEcho.

agreed to a point...

)\/(ark

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