64bit Question

[Ken Cole]

And knew nothing of windows, I know the program Richard is discussing.

On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 11:19 AM, Richard Kreiss <rkreiss at verizon.net> wrote:
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> Subject: Re: 64bit Question
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> On Tue, Sep 06, 2011 at 05:23:46PM -0400, Richard Kreiss may or may not have
> proven themselves an utter git by pronouncing:
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>> This is the error message when I try to run ls.com - old program
>> similar to dir but lists files with the same extension in the same color.
>>
>> These .com programs were freeware utilities from one of the pc magazines.
>>
>> W:\Downloads>ls
>> This version of W:\Downloads\LS.COM is not compatible with the version
>> of Windows you're running. Check your computer's system information to
>> see whether you need a x86 (32-bit) or x64 (64-bit) version of the
>> program, and then contact the software publisher.
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> That error message is 99.9% likely coming from the binary itself, not from
> Windows.  Look at how it phrases things, and consider that the OS would know
> exactly which version was needed.
>
> mark->
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> Mark,
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> These programs are at least 15 or more years old.  I think I had these on a
> DOS 5.0 machine or maybe and earlier version.  They are .com programs that
> know nothing of 32 or 64 bit programs.
>
> Richard
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