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- From: m.ruppel@imperial.ac.uk
- Subject: Re: First impression, PKZIP 2.04c
- Message-ID: <1993Jan9.013706.1751@cc.ic.ac.uk>
- News-Software: IBM OS/2 PM RN (NR/2) v0.16 by O. Vishnepolsky and R. Rogers
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- Date: Sat, 9 Jan 93 01:37:06 GMT
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- In <3552@accucx.cc.ruu.nl> nevries@accucx.cc.ruu.nl (Nico E de Vries) writes:
- >...
- >I am comparing PKZIP 2.04c with PKZIP 1.93a.
- >I tried to test under OS/2 2.0 but failed to get PKZIP running, I
- >tested on a 33/486, QEMM, 8Mb, PC-DOS 5.02
- >...
- >
- >* system usage
- > PKZIP utilizes XMS and DPMI now. Unfortunately this implies the program
- > does not seem to run under OS/2 2.0. At least not with the default
- > settings. Has someone found a setting which DOES work? PKZIP works
- > with all the specials disabled.
- >...
-
- Just for the record, PKZIP 2.04c works flawlessly on my OS/2 2.1 beta system
- in a 4DOS 4.01d VDM.
- Mike Bessy mentioned in a recent post (comp.os.msdos4dos) that it works for
- him on OS/2 2.0 as well.
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- Markus Ruppel
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