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From: jesse@gumby.Altos.COM (Jesse Chisholm AAC-RjesseD)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps,alt.msdos.programmer,comp.os.msdos.programmer,comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: Windows USELESS with MSDOS 5.0!!!
Message-ID: <4956@gumby.Altos.COM>
Date: 25 Jun 91 21:01:23 GMT
References: <1991Jun24.135235.29349@news.nd.edu>
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Organization: Altos Computer Systems, San Jose, CA
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In article <1991Jun13.235553.24042@netcom.COM> feustel@netcom.COM (David Feustel) writes:
>Now that I've got your attention, the problem is that Windows cannot
>find any of my non MS programs when I attempt to invoke them via the
>program manager. I've spent some time trying to get hold of MS to ask
>about this, but I can't get through and the $$$ are adding up.  All of
>these programs start properly under PCDOS 3.3. Is it possible that MS
>didn't test dos 5.0 with windows?!!!

I, also, am using MS-DOS 5.0 and Windows 3.0.  To run a DOS app, create
a PIF file for it and then use it.  There should be no problem.
If the application does some strange things with memory, then Windows
may kill it off, but most run just fine.

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