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OS/2 and the PAR?

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#102979From: James Coulter[Mindscape]May 20, 1994 1:03 AM
I should be getting my PAR in a matter of hours and I can hardly wait! I went for the 1.7 Gig Micropolis! However, I was wondering if anyone has had experience in running the PAR under OS/2 (2.1). I think it should run fine under a dos window. Since there are no OS/2 specific device drivers (to my knowledge), a DOS window or FS should be the way to go. Thanks for sharing your brainpower! — James E. Coulter —
#103083From: Gus GrubbaMay 20, 1994 2:10 PM
To my knowledge, the PAR will not run under OS/2 unless you boot DOS in a DOS box (unlike just opening a OS/2 DOS box). OS/2's implementation of DOS ain't compatible enough…
#103343From: James Coulter[Mindscape]May 22, 1994 1:44 PM
Thanks Gus, I found this out the hard way, and arrived at the solution you recommend here. It works flawlessly. I just uploaded a message to tell everyone I have it running under OS/2. I thought the problem was just a misinterpretation of the version number. No worries — I am happily PARing away with NO problems whatsoever in an MS DOS 5.0 DOS Box. Great stuff!