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|    Dan Clough to Sean Dennis    |
|    Re: DOSEMU, PKZIP and DPMI    |
|    03 Jul 19 01:26:00    |
      TZUTC: -0500       MSGID: 139.fido_bbscarni@1:123/115 218140dc       REPLY: 1:18/200@fidonet 5d1bf33d       PID: Synchronet 3.17c-Linux Jun 29 2019 GCC 5.5.0       TID: SBBSecho 3.07-Linux r3.117 Jun 29 2019 GCC 5.5.0       -=> Sean Dennis wrote to Dan Clough <=-              Hello Sean,               SD> 29 Jun 19 22:08 at you wrote to All:               DC> PKZIP and dosemu don't play very well, especially if you are using a        DC> 64bit linux os.               SD> That's odd. The past five years that I've used DOSemu with        SD> PC-DOS 2000 under Slackware 64 Linux with MBSE I haven't had a        SD> single issue...I wonder what version of DOSemu was used.              Yeah, I don't really know (I'm sure you caught that I was        forwarding somebody else's message). I also am using DOSemu (with        FreeDOS) under Slack64 and haven't had problems. But I think this        issue only shows itself with certain doors/programs. Frank was        having trouble with a particular door he was trying to get going.               SD> I use the "last" version on the project's Git repo without issue.        SD> The problem is that there's so many different variables,        SD> variations, and situations that there's no single general "rule"        SD> that applies to dealing with DOSemu.              Yes, agreed on that. It can be a cantankerous b**ch...              I'm just using the latest available from SBo... :-)                     ... Internal Error: The system has been taken over by sheep at line 19960       === MultiMail/Linux v0.52       --- SBBSecho 3.07-Linux        * Origin: Palantir * palantirbbs.ddns.net * Pensacola, FL * (1:123/115)       SEEN-BY: 1/120 123 15/2 18/0 200 103/705 116/116 123/0 25 50 115 150       SEEN-BY: 123/755 129/215 135/300 153/7715 154/10 30 40 700 203/0 221/0       SEEN-BY: 221/6 226/17 227/114 400 229/200 354 426 452 1014 240/5832       SEEN-BY: 249/206 317 400 261/38 280/464 5003 317/3 322/757 340/800       SEEN-BY: 342/200 396/45 633/280 2452/250 3634/0 12 15 27 50 119       PATH: 123/115 3634/12 154/10 280/464 229/426           |
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