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to: Ryan Fantus
from: Nightfox
date: 2023-10-22 14:02:00
subject: Re: dosemu2 configuration

  Re: Re: dosemu2 configuration instructions
  By: Ryan Fantus to Nightfox on Sun Oct 22 2023 12:02 pm

 Ni>> I'd think there are probably some rare cases where you'd need to run the
 Ni>> DOS pkunzip these days.  There are modern programs for zipping &
 Ni>> unzipping that run natively on modern operating systems.

 RF> I believe it's still necessary for DOS based interbbs games in most cases.

Yes, though you can use a modern native program to zip and unzip the archives. Only the actual game and its maintenance software would need to be run in a DOS emulator.  Why would you need to use the DOS pkunzip?

Nightfox

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