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*******************  DOS/32 Advanced DOS Extender - Readme  ******************
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File created on:        Feb-16-1997 03:41:31
Last updated on:        May-26-2002 13:46:08
Copyright (C) Supernar Systems, Ltd. 1996-2002
All Rights Reserved.


Contents:
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    1.0 - DOS/32 Advanced - About
    2.0 - DOS/32 Advanced - What's New
    3.0 - DOS/32 Advanced - Availability
    4.0 - DOS/32 Advanced - System Requirements
    5.0 - DOS/32 Advanced - Compatibility
    6.0 - DOS/32 Advanced - Distributed Files
    7.0 - DOS/32 Advanced - Technical Support
    8.0 - DOS/32 Advanced - Year 2000 Information
    9.0 - DOS/32 Advanced - Redistributable Components
   10.0 - DOS/32 Advanced - Acknowledgments and Credits




 Preface
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    Hello  and  welcome into the world  of  DOS/32 Advanced DOS Extender
Liberty  Edition  version  7.10 Release 9. This  is the final release of
DOS/32 Advanced, I will not maintain, support nor advertise it, which is
why  it is being released under  an Apache-like license, allowing nearly
full  freedom  of exploitation of the  software,  and accompanied by the
complete and the original source code of the DOS Extender and its tools.

    This  release  contains  minor  changes  and  bugfixes  only, and is
essentially  a revised version of the release  7 which came out in 1998,
plus  a  new  license  and the source  code.  Now,  looking back at this
project,  I  feel that certain things  could have been done better, many
things should have been done better, and I hope that some things will be
done  better by someone brave enough to  do it. There is always room for
improvement,  still  I am quite happy  with DOS/32A and what it's become
over  the  years. Whoever you are, and  to whatever purpose you use this
product, I wish you good luck and godspeed.

                                          Narech Koumar, over and out...




 1.0 - About DOS/32 Advanced DOS Extender
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    DOS/32    Advanced    DOS    Extender    is    a   state-of-the-art,
high-performance,   high-speed,  true  "Plug&Play"  replacement  of  the
world's most popular DOS Extender, DOS/4GW, created by Tenberry Software
(formerly  Rational  Systems  Inc.)  for  WATCOM  C/C++  and  FORTRAN 77
compilers  which allow DOS Extended applications to run in a 32-bit flat
protected mode environment.

    DOS/32 Advanced DOS Extender provides full compatibility with WATCOM
C/C++  and  features  one of the  most  complete  software emulations of
DOS/4GW,  thus  allowing  the users to  "plug"  DOS/32 Advanced into the
protected  mode programs which use DOS/4G, DOS/4GW, DOS/4GW Professional
and  any  other  compatible DOS Extenders  without  the need to modify a
single line of code.

    DOS/32  Advanced has been designed and  optimized to be the fastest,
most flexible and highly compatible with other software DOS Extender. It
performs mode translating operations, such as Protected to Real and Real
To  Protected  mode switching, as fast  as machine's hardware allow, and
while being compatible with DOS/4GW, it is the fastest DOS Extender that
supports  WATCOM  C/C++  at this time!  A  large number of configuration
options  allow  DOS/32 Advanced to  be  configured in hundreds different
ways,  either by a special environment  variable or by an external setup
program,  giving its users the ability  to manually adjust the number of
allocated  selectors, callbacks, virtual stacks,  turn off the exception
handling,  change  the size of DOS  transfer buffer and much, much more.
Compatibility  with "Clean" (also known as  "Raw" or INT 15h), XMS, VCPI
and  DPMI system softwares allows DOS/32 Advanced DOS Extender to run on
different   machines   with   various   operating   systems   installed.
Additionally,  availability of such features as Null-Pointer Protection,
Extended  Memory  Blocks  Checking and  support  for built-in Debug Mode
turns   DOS/32  Advanced  into  a   powerful  tool  for  protected  mode
programmers  who  want to make  their 32-bit protected mode applications
error-free.




 2.0 - DOS/32 Advanced - What's New in this version
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    This  new version of DOS/32 Advanced DOS Extender has been optimized
for   use  in  embedded  system   environments  where  size,  speed  and
reliability  play  the essential role.  Improved  protected mode kernel,
removal  of  major  parts of the  DOS  Extender from conventional memory
after   initialization,   improved  exception   handling,   support  for
performance   counters  and  protected  mode  TSR  (Terminate  and  Stay
Resident)  development as well as Year  2000 compliance are the examples
of  the  new features found in  the DOS Extender. A new high-performance
library  provided  with  the  DOS  Extender  allows  developers  to take
advantage  of  the  most features found  in  DOS/32 Advanced and improve
performance of protected mode applications.

    For  more detailed information about the news in this version please
refer to the "updates.txt" text file located in the directory into which
you installed DOS/32 Advanced DOS Extender.




 3.0 - DOS/32 Advanced - Availability
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    DOS/32  Advance DOS Extender is  available under DOS/32 Advanced DOS
Extender  Liberty  Edition  Software License in  the  form of a "Liberty
Edition."

The Liberty Edition includes:

    + DOS/32 Advanced DOS Extender
    + SUNSYS Bind Utility Program
    + SUNSYS Setup Utility Program
    + SUNSYS Compress Utility Program
    + SUNSYS Protected Mode Debugger
    + SUNSYS Version Reporting Utility Program
    + STUB/32A and STUB/32C bindable stub files
    + SUNSYS D32A C/C++ Run-Time Library
    + SUNSYS SDEBUG C/C++ Run-Time Debugger Library
    + PCTEST Protected Mode Diagnostic Utility Program
    + on-line documentation (in HTML format) including:
        . User's Reference
        . Programmer's Reference
        . Technical Reference
        . D32A C/C++ Library Reference
    + The complete Source Code of:
        . DOS/32 Advanced DOS Extender
        . SUNSYS Bind Utility Program
        . SUNSYS Setup Utility Program
        . SUNSYS Compress Utility Program
        . SUNSYS Protected Mode Debugger
        . SUNSYS Version Reporting Utility Program
        . STUB/32A and STUB/32C bindable stub files
        . SUNSYS SDEBUG C/C++ Run-Time Debugger Library
        . PCTEST Protected Mode Diagnostic Utility Program




 4.0 - DOS/32 Advanced - System Requirements
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    DOS/32  Advanced  DOS  Extender Liberty  Edition  requires an IBM PC
compatible  computer  with  an 80386  processor  or better, MS-DOS(R) or
compatible Operating System version 4.00 or higher and about 3MB of free
disk space on a hard drive when installed.

    DOS/32  Advanced  DOS  Extender needs  50  KB  of conventional (DOS)
memory  in its standard configuration and requires no extended memory to
be present when run.


DOS/32 Advanced DOS Extender Liberty Edition
- Minimum System Requirements:
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    IBM PC compatible computer
    80386-SX 16MHz processor
    4 MB of memory
    DOS version 4.00 or higher
    VGA compatible graphics card


DOS/32 Advanced DOS Extender Liberty Edition
- Recommended System Requirements:
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    IBM PC compatible computer
    Pentium class processor or better
    16 MB of memory or more
    DOS version 7.x (Windows