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- From: jcmorris@mwunix.mitre.org (Joe Morris)
- Subject: Re: WINA20.386 - What is it?
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- Organization: The MITRE Corporation
- References: <1992Sep11.061150.17569@news.Hawaii.Edu>
- Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 12:50:00 GMT
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- indaleci@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Laurel Indalecio) writes:
-
- >After installing MS-DOS 5.0 on my system, I find that among a few
- >other files, I find one called WINA20.386 in my root directory. What
- >is it? It seems to be related to Windows, but I don't have Windows.
- >I deleted it and it seems to have no affect on my system. What was
- >that file for?
-
- It's a bridge interface which is needed when you run Windows 3.0 under
- DOS 5. If you are not running this combination (or not running Windows)
- then there is no reason to keep the file around.
-
- It was needed because of changes in the interface between DOS and Windows.
-
- See section 4.3 of the README file which comes with MS-DOS 5.
-
- Joe Morris / MITRE
-