Problem with Self-extracting DOS Archive

5 Feb 2021

      Hi all,

currently I have the problem to unpack an archive file which was packed as 
self extractor in 1998. I guess that this file was created with the operating 
system W...95. The associated file archiver was 
ARJ 2.55b ALPHA TESTWARE Copyright (c) 1990-96 ARJ Software. Jul 16 1996.

which works/has worked on DOS level.
The core problem is apparently now that obviously the created self-extracting 
archive is not extractable across different operating systems, because the 
runtime environment is completely different today (e.g. 32-bit --> 64-bit, 
etc.). 
Presumably, the self-extracting archive can only be extracted under the 
operating system. 

Unfortunately I don't have an old operating system to try this, nor the 
hardware used at the time of packing to run it.

I have now tried to solve my problem with the DOSBox 0.74-3 program.
The existing ARJ.EXE packing program can apparently be started normally with 
it.
However, the existing self-extracting archive does not.
In DOSBox the following error message is issued:
      This program cannot be run in DOS mode.

Does anyone have an idea how to solve this problem?

Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Kind regards

Michael Kasimir

Be Free, Be Linux

michael.kasimir＠gmx.de

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