On Wed, 2004-12-01 at 08:53 -0800, Ron Hudson wrote:
> On Dec 1, 2004, at 8:34 AM, Bert Thomas wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Ron Hudson wrote:
> >>
> >> Several of the programs I try to run on my "classic dos" machine give
> >> the error message:
> >>
> >> <filepath\filename>:not coff (check for viruses)
> >>
> >> I don't yet have a virus scanner, but these files were downloaded from
> >> trusted sources
> >> I don't think I have a virus. What is this error message?
> >
> > http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/C/coff.html
>
> Thanks, I saw that. It only defines COFF. No hints as to what I need
> to make DOS 6.22 run the thing.
Is it possible someone's built these things using a Windows compiler and
it's that which is screwing things up? Maybe they'll work quite happily
in a DOS shell within Windows, but not on a standalone DOS system...
cheers
Jules
Received on Wed Dec 01 2004 - 12:59:19 GMT