What does that mean?
In MSDOS you load some program and use it. When you're done you quit/exit back to the prompt.
Give an example of what you are doing.
How does DOS load and execute, exe's?
NOTE: this is as much a learning exercise as anything else.
SITUATION: On a 640kB DOS computer you want to load a program only once but run it many times.
Assume the prog file is large and uses lots of data memory; and you can't modify the program, no source etc
I'm guessing that DOS is not going to be very co-operative with this, and I will require software to duplicate what DOS would ordinarily do.
What are the steps that command/Dos/program do to get the exe running?
SITUATION: On a 640kB DOS computer you want to load a program only once but run it many times.
Assume the prog file is large and uses lots of data memory; and you can't modify the program, no source etc
I'm guessing that DOS is not going to be very co-operative with this, and I will require software to duplicate what DOS would ordinarily do.
What are the steps that command/Dos/program do to get the exe running?
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In MSDOS you load some program and use it. When you're done you quit/exit back to the prompt.
Give an example of what you are doing.
an obvious example would be a TSR like doskey or smartdrive, which dont get unloaded when you return to the prompt.
Except in my case I don't have source, so I would need some sort of generic wrapper to execute and manage a regular program.
Except in my case I don't have source, so I would need some sort of generic wrapper to execute and manage a regular program.
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Sorry,
I've asked this question in the wrong place.
mods: feel free to delete this thread.
I've asked this question in the wrong place.
mods: feel free to delete this thread.
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