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to: Jonathan De Boyne Pollard
from: Stewart Buckingham
date: 1999-12-04 10:07:11
subject: FileStar/2 Assumptions

Hi Jonathan,

> To briefly return to the initial topic of this thread, then:

>The CMD.EXE shipped by IBM with all versions of OS/2, up to and including
OS/2
> Warp 4 with the latest fixpack, and almost certainly including WSfeB as
well,
> is an entirely 16-bit program, despite the erroneous information displayed
by
> programs such as the current version of FileStar/2.  It's another 16-bit
>vestige in OS/2 Warp 4 that is in need of replacement.  JP Software's 4OS2 is
>mixed 32-bit/16-bit hybrid.  But there does exist a pure 32-bit CMD, for
32-bi
> OS/2, that contains no 16-bit code whatsoever.

Where can this 32-bit CMD be obtained? Will it work under Warp4?

Stu/2

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