Subject: Re: wine: will not run binaries
To: Dave Huang <khym@bga.com>
From: Berndt Josef Wulf <wulf@ping.net.au>
List: port-i386
Date: 06/20/1999 19:44:27
Dave Huang wrote
> 
> On Sun, 20 Jun 1999, Berndt Josef Wulf wrote:
> > wine will not execute msdos binaries, although the are identified
> > correctly as msdos executable by the file utility. Find below the
> > message generated by wine:
> > 
> > hotdog# wine fdisk
> 
> I thought wine only ran Windows binaries? I haven't used it in over a
> year though, so I could be wrong... doscmd will run MSDOS binaries
> though.

It will according to the features list taken from their website:

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Support for loading DOS, Windows 3.x and Win32 binaries 
Support for Win16 and Win32 function calls 
16 and 32 bit x86 code 
Large interrupt library for programs using real-mode INTxx calls
Advanced thunking capabilities 
Optional use of external vendor DLLs
Reverse-engineering design assures ``bug-for-bug'' compatibility
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cheerio Berndt
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