Here is the exact error text from the Word 5.5 for MS-DOS load under FreeDOS
on a FAT16 partition:
Illegal Instruction occurred
Illegal Instruction occurred
CS=0530 IP=3006 SS=394A SP=FFDD DS= ES=0317
EAXX=0100 EBX=0530 ECX=0F00 EDX=0020
ESI=05A8 EDI=0002 EBP=FFDD
Michael Robinson schreef:
> I like dos when I have an old computer and some old games that
> work under dos. Running Windows on a 486 is a pain in general.
> Even a low end Pentium these days is slow.
(...)
> Freedos is free and useful insofar as it is compatible with
> MS-DOS when it needs to
Steve Owens wrote:
> When I run Setup.exe, I get a bunch of error statements (about half of
> the screen) and the install aborts.
Please post the exact error messages!
Robert Riebisch
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BTTR Software
http://www.bttr-software.de/
Hi -
I had some problems loading my favorite DOS word processor (Word 5.5) under
FreeDOS. This program is a download from the web, so I'm loading from a
directory on my hard drive rather than from floppy disks.
When I run Setup.exe, I get a bunch of error statements (about half of the
screen) and
