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to: Mike Bilow
from: John Poltorak
date: 1995-03-14 21:52:44
subject: Spotting 16-bit programs

Friday March 10 1995, Mike Bilow writes to John Poltorak:

 JP>> How can I tell whether an OS/2 program is 16 or 32-bit?

 MB> Use the EXEHDR or EXEMAP utilities IBM gives out.  NE-format modules are
 MB> always 16-bit. LX-format modules are usually 32-bit, although they can
 MB> contain 16-bit segments if they are so flagged.  The internal structures

This is a little confusing...  New EXE header means Old EXE header..? Right?

I struggled to find much LX stuff around - looks like a full 32-bit OS is a
long way off.

 JP>> Can anyone tell me if DELIVERY.SYS is 32-bit?

 MB> What is it?

{at}#IBM:8.157#{at}  Delivery Service driver for SCB move mode

I think it enables SCSI-2 functions on a SCSI-2 controller, BICBW.

John

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