RJT> Anyhow,  you're saying that if I drop a dos program on 
 RJT> that disk and just try to run it from an OS/2 command 
 RJT> prompt,  that what's needed just happens 
 RJT> automatically?  That'd be seriously weird,  if so.
That's what happens. If you issue a dos command, or run a dos program from an 
os/2 window, os/2 will automatically open a dos window and execute the comand 
or program, then close the window after the program/command ends, and return 
you to the os/2 CLI.
 RJT> My concern right now is that I've got a whole *bunch* 
 RJT> of stuff I run on a regular basis,  and I've only 
 RJT> begun to hunt up OS/2 versions of some of it,  and in 
 RJT> some cases I'm not even sure that OS/2 versions of 
 RJT> some of that software is available,  hence my thoughts 
 RJT> about invoking dos versions of stuff.
When I switched the BBS to OS/2 several years ago, the only native OS/2 
programs I was runnning at the intial cut was bnikley/2 and Max/2. All my 
control files were still dos, Makenl, Squish, Areafix, Raid, Tick, Hlist, 
etc. As I found OS/2 versions to replace them I did, but they ran perfectly 
as dos apps. It's really kinda neat to watch the thing switching back and 
forth from OS/2 windows to dos windows as the need arises.:-)
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