fff@dataio.Data-IO.COM (Fred Freeland) (09/23/87)
A colleague of mine, who is working with the latest and greatest DOS (3.3), has made the unfortunate discovery that EXE2BIN no longer a part of DOS. Attempts to examine and patch previous releases of EXE2BIN have not been successful. The problem is clear; find something that converts EXE files to COM files. The solution is not so clear! Does anyone out in netland know of public domain or shareware product that will perform a comparable task ? Alternatively, and least desireable, does anyone know of a patch to either the DOS 3.1 or 3.2 version of EXE2BIN that will allow it to work with DOS 3.3. Thanks in advance to any respondents. -- Frederick F. Freeland Jr. FutureNet - A Division of DATA I/O "Of all the things I've lost, I 10525 Willows Road miss my mind the most." -- ME Redmond, WA 98073-9746 (206) 881-6444 x586
jpn@teddy.UUCP (John P. Nelson) (09/23/87)
>A colleague of mine, who is working with the latest and greatest DOS (3.3), >has made the unfortunate discovery that EXE2BIN no longer a part of DOS. > ... >Does anyone out in netland know of public domain or shareware product that will >perform a comparable task? Compuserve has a public domain equivalent called EXE2COM. It is available on the Borland TurboC Forum, and probably in one of the IBM Forums as well. Sorry, I haven't got a copy: I've had no reason to upgrade from DOS 3.1! . .
darrylo@hpsrlc.UUCP (09/23/87)
In comp.sys.ibm.pc, fff@dataio.Data-IO.COM (Fred Freeland) writes: [ ... ] > Does anyone out in netland know of public domain or shareware product that will > perform a comparable task ? Alternatively, and least desireable, does anyone > know of a patch to either the DOS 3.1 or 3.2 version of EXE2BIN that will allow > it to work with DOS 3.3. > > Thanks in advance to any respondents. > -- > Frederick F. Freeland Jr. > FutureNet - A Division of DATA I/O "Of all the things I've lost, I > 10525 Willows Road miss my mind the most." -- ME > Redmond, WA 98073-9746 (206) 881-6444 x586 > ---------- I believe that there is a PD or shareware replacement for EXE2BIN in the IBM Software forum on Compuserve. I'm afraid that I don't have a copy but, if I get enough requests, I'd be willing to download it and post it here (with the author's permission). I've been thinking about upgrading to DOS 3.3, and so I'll need to get a copy eventually. -- Darryl Okahata {hplabs!hpcea!, hpfcla!} hpsrla!darrylo CompuServe: 75206,3074 Disclaimer: the above is the author's personal opinion and is not the opinion or policy of his employer or of the little green men that have been following him all day.
cy@ashtate.UUCP (09/23/87)
For some reason, EXE2BIN is packaged with the DOS 3.3 Tech. Reference manual, rather than with DOS. Also included are DEBUG and LIB.EXE. --Cy-- UUCP: ...seismo!scgvaxd!ashtate!cy
swh@hpsmtc1.HP.COM (Steve Harrold) (09/24/87)
Re: The demise of EXE2BIN I generally never use EXE2BIN to get .COM files, but instead use something called SpaceMaker (c) 1982 Realia Inc. It has the amazing ability to convert ANY .EXE file into a .COM file. Does anyone know if it works on DOS 3.2 or 3.3? My DOS upgrades have not gone beyond 3.1. --------------------- Steve Harrold ...hplabs!hpsmtc1!swh HPG200/13 (408) 447-5580 ---------------------
nather@ut-sally.UUCP (09/25/87)
In article <1372@dataio.Data-IO.COM>, fff@dataio.Data-IO.COM (Fred Freeland) writes: > A colleague of mine, who is working with the latest and greatest DOS (3.3), > has made the unfortunate discovery that EXE2BIN no longer a part of DOS. > > Attempts to examine and patch previous releases of EXE2BIN have not been > successful. He's right; it's not (gasp) there. I just got a copy of 3.3 and decided to boot it on my (Korean) PC Clone. It doesn't boot; it dies The Death. It *will* boot and work on a Toshiba T3100, however. What have they done to PC-DOS? ...I'm sticking to 3.1. -- Ed Nather Astronomy Dept, U of Texas @ Austin {allegra,ihnp4}!{noao,ut-sally}!utastro!nather nather@astro.AS.UTEXAS.EDU
mvolo@ecsvax.UUCP (Michael R. Volow) (09/26/87)
Writer complains about missing EXE2BIN from DOS 3.3. I believe it's in the DOS Technical Reference Manual.
dhesi@bsu-cs.UUCP (Rahul Dhesi) (09/26/87)
In article <3320056@hpsrlc.HP.COM> darrylo@hpsrlc.HP.COM (Darryl Okahata) writes: > I believe that there is a PD or shareware replacement for EXE2BIN in >the IBM Software forum on Compuserve. I don't know what CompuServe has, but I know that there is a program called EXE2COM that has been on the BBSs for some YEARS now and refuses to die. It's a pirated copy of Realia's Spacemaker program and may occasionally be found as SM.EXE also. It's a good program and will convert many EXE format files to COM format that EXE2BIN won't accept. In other cases it will produce smaller COM format programs than EXE2BIN will. But it isn't public domain, so be careful. -- Rahul Dhesi UUCP: <backbones>!{iuvax,pur-ee,uunet}!bsu-cs!dhesi
darrylo@hpsrlc.HP.COM (Darryl Okahata) (09/28/87)
In comp.sys.ibm.pc, dhesi@bsu-cs.UUCP (Rahul Dhesi) writes: > In article <3320056@hpsrlc.HP.COM> darrylo@hpsrlc.HP.COM (Darryl Okahata) > writes: > > I believe that there is a PD or shareware replacement for EXE2BIN in > >the IBM Software forum on Compuserve. > > I don't know what CompuServe has, but I know that there is a program > called EXE2COM that has been on the BBSs for some YEARS now and refuses > to die. It's a pirated copy of Realia's Spacemaker program and may > occasionally be found as SM.EXE also. [ ... ] > But it isn't public domain, so be careful. > -- > Rahul Dhesi UUCP: <backbones>!{iuvax,pur-ee,uunet}!bsu-cs!dhesi > ---------- The program on Compuserve is indeed called exe2com; HOWEVER, this version was written by Chris Dunford (one of the Sysops on the Compuserve forum) and was placed in the public domain (no kidding -- it is not shareware, freeware, send-me-$$$-ware :-). It even comes with source in (Lattice :-() C. To date, I've had just one request for it, and so it looks like I won't be posting it here. -- Darryl Okahata {hplabs!hpcea!, hpfcla!} hpsrla!darrylo CompuServe: 75206,3074 Disclaimer: the above is the author's personal opinion and is not the opinion or policy of his employer or of the little green men that have been following him all day.
kotlas@ecsvax.UUCP (Carolyn Kotlas) (09/28/87)
In article <1179@bsu-cs.UUCP>, dhesi@bsu-cs.UUCP (Rahul Dhesi) writes: > In article <3320056@hpsrlc.HP.COM> darrylo@hpsrlc.HP.COM (Darryl Okahata) > writes: > > I believe that there is a PD or shareware replacement for EXE2BIN in > >the IBM Software forum on Compuserve. > > I don't know what CompuServe has, but I know that there is a program > called EXE2COM that has been on the BBSs for some YEARS now and refuses > to die. It's a pirated copy of Realia's Spacemaker program and may > occasionally be found as SM.EXE also. > > It's a good program and will convert many EXE format files to COM > format that EXE2BIN won't accept. In other cases it will produce > smaller COM format programs than EXE2BIN will. > > But it isn't public domain, so be careful. > -- > Rahul Dhesi UUCP: <backbones>!{iuvax,pur-ee,uunet}!bsu-cs!dhesi I have a copy of EXE2COM, ver. 1.00 which I recently acquired, and I wonder if it's the same program mentioned in Dhesi's warning. There is no mention of Realia in the documentation or program file. Here's what I've found in the documentation regarding authorship and copyright status: __________ EXE2COM 1.00 By Chris Dunford/Cove Software Public domain ------------- EXE2COM is hereby donated by the author to the public domain. The program should not be sold at any cost by any for-profit organization. Author: Christopher J. Dunford The Cove Software Group PO Box 1072 Columbia, MD 21044 (301) 992-9371 CompuServe 76703,2002 __________ Can anyone confirm that these are indeed two separate programs?? -- Carolyn Kotlas (kotlas@ecsvax) UNC-Educational Computing Service P. O. Box 12035 2 Davis Drive Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 State Courier #315 919/549-0671
swh@hpsmtc1.UUCP (09/29/87)
Re: What is EXE2COM.EXE The EXE2COM recently distributed on the net, and the one belonging to Cove Software, and the Realia SM.EXE are THREE(3) separate products. I don't have any experience with the Cove model, but the net one will NOT convert any EXE file as would the Realia product. --------------------- Steve Harrold ...hplabs!hpsmtc1!swh HPG200/13 (408) 447-5580 ---------------------
dick@plx.UUCP (Dick Flanagan) (09/29/87)
Summary: Expires: Sender: Followup-To: In article <11470013@hpsmtc1.HP.COM> swh@hpsmtc1.HP.COM (Steve Harrold) writes: >Re: The demise of EXE2BIN > >I generally never use EXE2BIN to get .COM files, but instead use something >called SpaceMaker (c) 1982 Realia Inc. I, too, used to be a true believer in Realia's SpaceMaker until I ran into a bug which they admitted to and told me had been fixed in their current release. When I asked what it would cost me to upgrade to the current release, they told me they didn't bother with upgrades to "inexpensive" ($75) products like SpaceMaker and I would just have to buy another full- priced copy. You know, between EXE2BIN and EXEPACK, I haven't missed those turkeys a bit! Someday maybe they will realize that if they piss off their $75- product customers, those customers will never buy their >$75 products (as I have made it a point never to do since)! -- Dick Flanagan, W6OLD I'll take a drug test when UUCP: ...!ucbvax!sun!plx!dick Reagan takes an IQ test. GEnie: FLANAGAN