1 Mb limit of dos

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i have 1.48mb windows based exe program.i have to run it on dos.As the
largest executable program in dos must be 640k .i can i execute this
program on doswitout any problem.
 
i have 1.48mb windows based exe program.i have to run it on dos.As the
largest executable program in dos must be 640k .i can i execute this
program on doswitout any problem.
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Try it.
 
i have 1.48mb windows based exe program.i have to run it on dos.As the
largest executable program in dos must be 640k .i can i execute this
program on doswitout any problem.
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If it's really Windows based, it won't run on DOS, anyway, so why worry?

If not, it's likely most of the memory it uses is for data, so you can
use things like extended memory (assuming you have the source code).
 
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i have 1.48mb windows based exe program.i have to run it on dos.As the
largest executable program in dos must be 640k .i can i execute this
program on doswitout any problem.
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DOS and Windows have differetn APIs. You cannot run a windows
program under DOS.

Arno
 
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