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<1992Apr9.184753.7050@athena.mit.edu>:

> I want to run Ghostscript on my 386SX PC with a Hercules graphics card,
> outputting to screen.
> 
> I have the MSDOS executables and what I think are all the relevant files
> from the various *.zip archives.  From reading the doc files and even
> grepping them for references to Hercules, I gather that I need some
> sort of driver, and I gather that the characters BGI somehow figure into
> this.
> 
> I do not own C (I'm not a programmer), and thus am not equipped to build
> my own version.  Should I forget it, is there something I'm missing, or
> both?

You're out of luck.  The distributed executable doesn't include the
BGI driver, which is the only way I know of to use Ghostscript with a
Hercules card.  Contact me directly at ghost@aladdin.com to see about
getting a custom executable.

> Also, a possibly related question.  The program GS.EXE loads and runs,
> though without showing me my document, obviously.  On the other hand,
> GS386.EXE gives the error message:
> 
> 	DOS/4GW Protected Mode Run-time   Version 1.3
> 	Copyright (c) Rational Systems, Inc. 1990-1991
> 	DOS/4GW Fatal error: Can't initialize loader[1]  -- LINEXE_LOADER
> 
> What is this about?

Sorry, I don't know.  E-mail me your machine configuration and the
contents of your CONFIG.SYS file, and I might be able to guess.

L. Peter Deutsch :: Aladdin Enterprises :: P.O. box 60264, Palo Alto, CA 94306
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