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dic5340@hertz.njit.edu writes in article <1992Aug28.205248.21272@njitgw.njit.edu>:
> 
> In article <l9sep2INNqlc@predator.cs.utexas.edu> marty@cs.utexas.edu (Marty J. Sirkin) writes:
> >
> >   I have been playing around with WINOS2 (for fun), and noticed that the
> >WinExec call does not seem to function.  I seem to remember something from
> >a while back talking about this. [etc]
> 
> 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.

Hmm.  I thought so too, until trying to install Quick Pack Pro
for Visual Basic.  The install program is a Win3 app, but it uses
PKUNZIP to decompress the files.  Result - under WinOS2 it bombs-out
when it tries to run PKUNZIP.  True, you can decompress the files
manually, but install does more than that.

Ability to spawn a dos app would be desireable in WinOS2.
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