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From: tamboer@cs.vu.nl (Tamboer Erik)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: cwp overlay problem
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Date: 18 Jun 91 22:46:30 GMT
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krogers@javelin.sim.es.com (K. Rogers) writes:

>I tried to run cwp on our Compaq Deskpro at work.  I get a message
>about an overlay problem then the program halts and dumps me back to
>the prompt.  It is using Compaq DOS 3.31.  Anyone else having
>problems?  I'll try it on my 386 clone at home tonight, but it, too,
>is using Compaq DOS 3.31.

>Keith Rogers
>Evans & Sutherland Computer Corp.
>krogers@javelin.sim.es.com
>uunet!javelin.sim.es.com!krogers

Looking through the .exe file I found the source of the problem:
you need to create a subdirectory named SYS and put everything except
CWP.EXE in there. Then run cwp and it will work. Maybe only one file
has to be in the sys subdirectory, I didn't check that.

Hope this helps,
 Erik
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|  Erik Tamboer       o  |  "You know, there are many people in the  |
|  tamboer@cs.vu.nl  <\  |  country today who,  through no fault of  |
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