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Re: LOADFIX and low-memory EXE loading

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From: Jeremy Mathers
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 18:52
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In article <C0ozzJ.DJA@csugrad.cs.vt.edu> jjarrett@csugrad.cs.vt.edu (James Jarrett) writes:
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>Next, how can I write a program so it doesn't need LOADFIX?  For my current
>project, it doesn't matter, since I only have 1 user, and she has DOS 5.0.
>My next project, however, is supposed to run on almost any machine.  I 
>cannot require LOADFIX, and I would like to be able to circumvent the 
>problem inside my program. 

It was my understanding that this problem only manifests if you use
EXEPACK on your (I.e., the developer's) executable file.  So, if you are
the developer, the easy solution is, "DON'T USE EXEPACK".

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From: pynq@quads.uchicago.edu (Jeremy Mathers)
Subject: Re: LOADFIX and low-memory EXE loading
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