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From: glenn@welch.jhu.edu (Glenn M. Mason)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: "Packed file is corrupt" error and MS-DOS 5.0
Message-ID: <1991Jun25.030629.29804@welch.jhu.edu>
Date: 25 Jun 91 03:06:29 GMT
References: <1991Jun24.195425.19543@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
Reply-To: glenn@welchlab.welch.jhu.edu (Glenn M. Mason)
Organization: Welch Medical Library, Baltimore
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In article <1991Jun24.195425.19543@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> west@turing.toronto.edu (Tom West) writes:
>
>  I have been getting "Packed file is corrupt" errors when trying to
>run certain applications after installing MS-DOS 5.0.  Any idea what 
>might cause this?  Specifically qbasic and PC-NFS telnet give this
>error when I try to run them.

I have had this same problem running DOS 4.01 with tape backup software
I am using, specifically ArchiveXL-80 QS80 software. It allows you to
create macro-playback files (.com files) that you can run to automate
tape backup procedures. The problem was cured by replacing BIOS chip. I
was running Quadtel BIOS version 3.05.05. I replaced the chip with the
latest version, 3.05.06, which cleared up the problem.

Glenn
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