Hello Michael,
Last not least, since it modifies the SFTs, the HiNTOS DOS extender (or Windows to DOS converter) doesn't work at all in FreeDOS.
This is either a really obscure extender or else also known under a different name, as even Google Usenet search doesn't pick up a hint of it. But it doesn't sound like it's a current issue for anyone.
HiNTOS is a DOS extender and Windows emulator that converts Windows console programs into programs that run in both Windows and DOS. It's the only one that can convert *fixed* PE executables (WDOSX can't!). It's available at http://www.alex-hint.narod.ru/hintos-e.html and I think it's becoming more and more important now when everybody releases Windows console programs without DOS counterparts. I converted successfully with it: Digital Mars C/C++ 8.38, MASM 6.15 and RAR 3.30 (its DOS version fails to modify existing archives but its Windows console version can do it).
HiNTOS works under MS-DOS, PC-DOS and ROM-DOS, but not under DR-DOS and FreeDOS. To make it run under FreeDOS, the kernel will have to be rewritten not only to show SFT data to the outside world but also to work with this data internally as MS-DOS does. This won't happen soon, if at all :-(
Regards, Lucho
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