Re: How can I check (and run) if an *.exe is a DOS or a Windowsprogram?

2023-01-08 Thread gene heskett
On 1/8/23 16:04, Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote: On Saturday 07 January 2023 03:27:31 pm gene heskett wrote: That DOS was not the least bit entertaining. :(> That was the best reason to skip it, I went from amigados 3.9 to rh5.0, never regretted missing the DOS experience, I got my fill of it as

Re: How can I check (and run) if an *.exe is a DOS or a Windowsprogram?

2023-01-08 Thread Roy J. Tellason, Sr.
On Saturday 07 January 2023 03:27:31 pm gene heskett wrote: > That DOS was not the least bit > entertaining. :(> That was the best reason to skip it, I went from > amigados 3.9 to rh5.0, never regretted missing the DOS experience, I got > my fill of it as the CE at a tv station back in the day.

Re: How can I check (and run) if an *.exe is a DOS or a Windowsprogram?

2023-01-07 Thread gene heskett
On 1/7/23 12:25, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: On Sat, Jan 07, 2023 at 08:47:09AM -0500, Jude DaShiell wrote: If I remember correctly, dos and windows .com and .exe programs all have control-z as their first character. The file command may also help. No. Control-Z (aka 0x1a) was an EOF character