07-05-15 10:58 mark lewis wrote to Ed Vance about OS/2

 ml> {at}MSGID: 
 ml> 04 Jul 15 19:30, you wrote to Holger Granholm:
Howdy! Mark,

 EV> I learned one thing about OS/2 while looking through the .ZIP files I
 EV> downloaded.

 EV> OS/2 .INF files need the OS/2 Viewer to see what is in them.

 ml> actually, just a proper INF viewer is needed... i think i have
 ml> one here that can be used on linux, mac and winwhatever ;)

I used DIR *view*.* /s from a C:\ Prompt to make a file that I could
look in it for a viewer for OS/2 .INF files.

I found one that worked after some trial and error of running .COM and
.EXE files on this XP box that had the word viewer in them.

Found the program on my sixth try.

 EV> Microsoft .INF files are ASCII files.

 ml> right... that's because on winwhatever, they call them
 ml> "drivers" and they never have been... all they've ever been is
 ml> settings for the product to be imported into the registry...

 EV> I'm not putting OS/2 down, just saying what difference I saw.

 ml> there's only so many three character extensions to go around ;)

OOPS!, I hadn't thought of that.

Thanks!


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