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From: greg@hoss.unl.edu (Lig Lury Jr.)
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Subject: Re: EXE files on gs - how to use them
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Date: 6 Apr 91 18:46:52 GMT
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... toddpw@nntp-server.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel) writes:
>... gerardo@wpi.WPI.EDU (Gerardo Leute) writes:

>>What are EXE files and how to you get them to do anything?

>EXE's are 'Shell Applications' -- sort of like prodos commands, but they are
>designed for IIgs 'controlling programs' (command shells). Some commercial
>shells are Orca, APW, Pro-sel, ECP-16. One of these days I'm going to write
>a tiny shell and put it in the public domain (there really should be one
>included in the GS system software, because you can't run EXE's from basic).

Not to be confused with TXT files with a .EXE or .EXEC at the end, which
can be executed with the EXEC command in ProDOS (and DOS 3.3).

>Todd Whitesel
>toddpw @ tybalt.caltech.edu

Yeah, I know the original message said "EXE filetype", but I had to make a
slight clarification.

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