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Article #1125Re: Need help with old program
From: Tapio Sand
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 06:34
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 06:34
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In article <1992Aug14.194137.17370@galileo.cc.rochester.edu> tgpt_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Tom Guptill) writes:
>
> Here's an interesting problem. I need to run IBM Writing Assistant
>(A very old program--it's from the first days of the PC) on a machine that
>doesn't have a 5.25" drive. I either need to find out if there was ever a
>version available on 3.5" diskettes (which I doubt) or if there is a way to
>remove the copy protection so that I can transfer the program. (I _do_ have
>a genuine copy, with manual and everything.) Anyone have any ideas? The
>installation program _won't_ let me install it to another floppy--it
>recognizes that it's not a hard drive. Thanks for any help anyone can
>offer.
Have you tried the ASSIGN command?
Just type ASSIGN B=C to make all references to drive C: actually
go to drive B:.
Typing ASSIGN alone will cancel the assignment.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.os.msdos.apps,comp.binaries.ibm.pc.wanted Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!mcsun!fuug!funic!nntp.hut.fi!vipunen.hut.fi!tsand From: tsand@vipunen.hut.fi (Tapio Sand) Subject: Re: Need help with old program Message-ID: <1992Aug15.063425.8252@nntp.hut.fi> Sender: usenet@nntp.hut.fi (Usenet pseudouser id) Nntp-Posting-Host: vipunen.hut.fi Reply-To: tsand@vipunen.hut.fi (Tapio Sand) Organization: Helsinki University of Technology References: <1992Aug14.194137.17370@galileo.cc.rochester.edu> Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 06:34:25 GMT Lines: 21