Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!coplex!disk!tony From: tony@disk.uucp (tony) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: Re: Chinese Word Processor (CWP) Message-ID: <1991Jun29.045752.8840@disk.uucp> Date: 29 Jun 91 04:57:52 GMT References: <#59Hd-fz@cs.psu.edu> <1991Jun19.002842.16280@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au> Distribution: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Organization: Digital Information Systems of KY Lines: 20 cheng@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (mr a cheng) writes: > > Unfortunately it doesn't work on my computer, an 8088-based PC clone > > with a Hercules-type graphics card, running PC DOS 3.2. I get a > > message about an "overlay error". Somebody else in this newsgroup > > mentioned a similar problem running CWP under DOS 3.31. > >I have the same problem. The exact message which came up when the program >is run is "Overlay Error. Program halted.". Happened on both an XT with >Hercules/Mono and an AT with EGA/Colour. >By the way, the program was decompressed successfully, ie. ZOO had no >problem with it; also, SCAN v77 reported no virus in any of the files. >Suggestions anyone? No, no suggestions, but I got the same message about an overlay error and it was very frustrating because it took such a long time to decode. It took forever because I had to make room on my hard disk and then, all for naught! I then deleted the whole thing (I was so mad!). the