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- From: jst50986@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Jack S. Tan)
- Subject: Re: RUNNING OS2 unz50x32.exe IN OS2? HELP!
- References: <1992Nov19.183515.1@woods.ulowell.edu>
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 02:42:17 GMT
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- adamsm@woods.ulowell.edu writes:
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- >I've just discovered all those great ftp sites for os2 applications, no
- >trouble getting the zips to my home machine but can't run unz50x32.exe
- >from ftp-os2.nmsu.edu under os2. I understand that this must be a os2
- >application but when I copy it to my drive and migrate it, os2 insists that
- >it is a dos program, resulting in a horrible crash when I try to run it.
- >I've tried all sorts of ways to get os2 to recognize it as a os2 native
- >application with no luck. These ftp zip files don't seem to be compatible with
- >dos pkunzip, how can I get this os2 unzip to work or where can I get one that
- >will do the job? Help, have lots of good os2 apps but no way to get to them?!
- >
-
- This file is self-extracting. When you type 'unz50x32' at a DOS prompt,
- the file unpacks itself into several files: some executables (including
- UNZIP.EXE) and documentation, among other things. The resulting files
- are the ones you should use.
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- Jack Tan Sattinger's Law:
- jahk@uiuc.edu It works better if you plug it in.
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