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DOS version of ghostscript

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From: John C. Schultz
Date: Thu, 09 Apr 1992 18:02
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I retrieved ghostscript 2.4 from prep.ai.mit.edu for MSDOS (as well as
UNIX).

While gs and gs386 work on my Compaq, I have a couple questions.

1. What is the difference, if any between gs.exe and gs386.exe?

2. What is dos4gw.exe?  I am not familiar with the Watcom compiler.
If I do dos4gw gs386.exe, the previewer seems to work but is no faster
than gs386 by itself.

3. I can only run the .exe files from the installation directory.  If
for example I try to run gs.exe from another directory, I get the
GSPreview%Initializing.. message and then the program aborts with 
"Unexpected interpreter error -21!".  If I need to RTFM, which manual?
I put the set DOS4G=quiet in my autoexec.bat file if that is of any use.

4. I noticed mention of a version for Windows.  Is this available? Where?

Thanks.
Sorry if these are FAQ but I just started reading this group.
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