Date: Mon, 22 Mar 93 09:08:10 EST
From: DJ Delorie <dj AT express DOT ctron DOT com>
To: kuku AT acds DOT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject: Re: go32com9

> Has anyone succeded in using go32.com for dpmi?
> I downloaded and unpacked go32com9.zip form the mentioned site,
> started WIN3.1, opened a DOS window and type 'ls' (one of the
> go32 ported - Eric Backus - utilities). With go32.com in path
> it prints it's "usage: "-message. With no go32.com in path - 
> just cd out of the directory - it types the usual 'CPU must be
> in real mode - not V86 ...", which comes from the original go32.exe
> in my path.

> Any clues? Has somebody already done the translation of the docs?

I bet the go32.com you're using is pre-1.08 and has the same bug that
all the other pre-1.08's have that do not allow it to run a post-1.08
stub'd binary.  Use exe2aout to un-stub it, then use "copy /b
stub.exe+ls ls.exe" to unalign the file, and then pre-1.08 go32's
should work.