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Original Usenet message from rec.arts.ascii, 14 Aug 1994.
Talk: go32.exe

Talk: go32.exe

van...@netcom.com (Vandal) writes:

>Bob Allison (bob...@wwa.com) wrote:
>
>: David S. Issel <dis...@nunic.nu.edu> wrote:
>
>: >I read the FAQ and saw that Gifscii for DOS could be found on your ftp site.
>: >So I went and got it, and boy was I disappointed.
>: >
>: >I ran DOSGifscii.exe and it said "can not run go32.exe"
>: >
>: >So I ftp'd back to ftp.wwa.com and guess what?  You don't have go32.exe
>: >available.  Boy, was I _really_ disappointed.
>: >
>: >Where can I get go32.exe?
>: >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>:    I don't use dos, so I'm no expert on this.  If somebody can send this 
>: to me, I will put the two together in a .zip file or something.
>
>go32.exe is the 32 bit processor that comes with display, the AVI viewing 
>program.

That's like saying that VBRUN.DLL or whatever is the thing which comes
with <some random BASIC program>.  go32 is the 32-bit DOS *extender*
by DJ Delorie, used by programs compiled with his GNU C port "djgpp".  
It can (and should) be compiled into executables to make them stand-
alone; if gifscii doesn't work without it, it wasn't compiled correctly.

(Those who already have go32.exe in their path can use the djgpp stub-
edit and/or coff2exe programs to remove the extra copy from the execu-
table.  All of this is in the djgpp docs, and it's all available on the
SimTel mirrors.)

Greg Roelofs

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From: roe...@midway.uchicago.edu (Cave Newt)
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Subject: Talk: go32.exe
Date: 14 Aug 1994 16:47:05 -0500
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