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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 7 Aug 1998.
Re: [pic] Font

Re: [pic] Font

Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz> wrote:
>Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz> wrote:
>>CJRandall <col...@shieldwolf.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>>>[][ i sent it to alt.ascii-art.animation last night.
>>>[][ had another go compiling tr.c lunchtime today...
>>>[][ ...reduced compilation errors but no exe yet.

>>I uudecoded it OK to yield the executable ASC-TOOL.EXE size 39690Kb.

>>When I run it I get the error message " Load error: no DPMI " which
>>conveys nothing to me but probably has something to do with the
>>preface in the executable itself which says:

>>---------   preface from the executable file  -----------------------

>>stub.h generated from stub.asm by djasm, on Tue Jan 30 23:43:58 1996
>>The STUB.EXE stub loader is Copyright (C) 1993-1995 DJ Delorie.
>>Permission granted to use for any purpose provided this copyright
>>remains present and unmodified.
>>This only applies to the stub, and not neccessarily the whole program.

>>$Id: stub.asm built 01/30/96 23:43:58 by djasm $

>>@(#) stub.asm built 01/30/96 23:43:58 by djasm

>>go32stub, v 2.00T   
>>--------------------------------------------------------------------

>>I don't have an executable named CWSDPMI.EXE...do you?


>Following up on my own post here. :-(

>I find this unbelievable but twice previously I have tried to post
>this little section of the message and it always misses the
>part " CWSDPMI.EXE" out of the line "go32stub, v 2.00   
>CWSDPMI.EXE".

>It must be that "gO32stub" must be acting as a control instruction 
>to some of the software my message is passing through...real weird
>because this has never happened to me before.



>---------   preface from the executable file  -----------------------

>stub.h generated from stub.asm by djasm, on Tue Jan 30 23:43:58 1996
>The STUB.EXE stub loader is Copyright (C) 1993-1995 DJ Delorie.
>Permission granted to use for any purpose provided this copyright
>remains present and unmodified.
>This only applies to the stub, and not neccessarily the whole program.

>$Id: stub.asm built 01/30/96 23:43:58 by djasm $

>@(#) stub.asm built 01/30/96 23:43:58 by djasm

>Missing part ==>    "go32stub, v 2.00T"
>--------------------------------------------------------------------

>Hope this got through the filters somehow :-(

>Bye,

Well...it DAMN WELL DIDN'T get through...the missing part still is missing
the line should end with "CWSDPMI.EXE"

I am shellshocked!  @#$$%%^!  Aaaaaaargh!

Bye,

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From: Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz>
Subject: Re: [pic] Font
Date: 1998/08/07
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