Re: Is there any way to execute a DOS program from a WINOS2 program?

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From: Timothy F. Sipples
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 21:41

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In article <1992Aug28.205248.21272@njitgw.njit.edu> dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap) writes:
>>   The question is: Is there any way that I can have a Windows program
>>under WINOS2 execute a small DOS .exe??  Or is it simply not to be done?  Or
>>have I missed something really basic?
>Can't be done.  WIN-OS2 will not launch non-Windows apps.  At least
>the current version.  IBM hinted that they may add this ability in the
>future.  For now, they (and I) fail to see the need for DOS boxes
>under WIN-OS2, when you can have them under OS/2.

Well, not so fast.

There is a way to do so.  I sent a text file describing the method to
ftp-os2.nmsu.edu.  You can read all about it in windos.txt (I
believe), available from that site via anonymous ftp.

There's one restriction, however.  The method described requires that
Win-OS/2 run in real mode.

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