Concise Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia

[Mr Chris Aitken]

Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 09:54:29PM -0400, Mr Chris Aitken wrote:
>   
>> There's a list of 'UNIX System Requirements' and right beside that is a  
>> 'Ready for OS/2Warp NSTL Tested System Requirements' section (both on  
>> the same box). Akin to the MAC Requirements and PC Requirements I've  
>> seen on other boxed apps.
>>     
>
> Could be a small company that uses one box for all versions.
>
>   
>> chris at cpc:/media/cdrom0$ dir /media/cdrom0/*
>> /media/cdrom0/ahd.hlp       /media/cdrom0/ahdphoni.afm   
>> /media/cdrom0/ahdphon.pfb   /media/cdrom0/dux.exe        
>> /media/cdrom0/enc_cd.dsc  /media/cdrom0/enc_cd.pkg   
>> /media/cdrom0/install.exe  /media/cdrom0/readme.txt
>> /media/cdrom0/ahdphon.afm  /media/cdrom0/ahdphoni.pfb   
>> /media/cdrom0/chk4dlls.exe  /media/cdrom0/duxshelf.dll   
>> /media/cdrom0/enc_cd.icf  /media/cdrom0/enc.hlp        
>> /media/cdrom0/install.in_  /media/cdrom0/renec510.dat
>>     
>
> To me that looks like entirely OS/2 only stuff.  There is nothing for
> unix there that I can see.
>
> Perhaps the unix binaries are acquired elsewhere.  The .afm makes me
> think of adobe framemaker, which I think used to come in various unix
> flavours years ago.  It is probably more like an adobe font metric, given the .pfb is printer font binary so we have:
>
> /media/cdrom0/ahd.hlp - OS/2 help file I suspect.
> /media/cdrom0/enc.hlp
>
> /media/cdrom0/ahdphoni.afm - font files
> /media/cdrom0/ahdphon.pfb
> /media/cdrom0/ahdphon.afm
> /media/cdrom0/ahdphoni.pfb
>
> /media/cdrom0/enc_cd.dsc - probably data files for the encyclopedia,
> /media/cdrom0/enc_cd.pkg - but might contain the only hope of anything
> /media/cdrom0/enc_cd.icf - unix related.
>
> /media/cdrom0/install.exe - OS/2 installer program.
>
> /media/cdrom0/readme.txt - a text file
>
> /media/cdrom0/chk4dlls.exe - Program something used by the installer.
>
> /media/cdrom0/dux.exe - OS/2 executable for the program.
>
> /media/cdrom0/duxshelf.dll - A library for OS/2 used by the program.
>
> /media/cdrom0/renec510.dat - A data file for the program.
>
> /media/cdrom0/install.in_ - Some date file for the installer, program compressed.
>
> So well, over all there is very little there that gives any indication
> of anything other than OS/2.
>   

Okay, I'm gonna turf it. The box does only read "For OS/2 WARP" on the 
/front./ But then at the back it has equal billing for System, 
Requirements for both "UNIX" and OS/2WARP". So, it's not about using 
only one box...

Thanks fro your help.

Chris




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