On Thu, Aug 17, 2000 at 09:05:32AM -0500, John R. Sheets wrote: > On Wednesday, August 16, 2000, Mike Hicks <hick0088 at tc.umn.edu> wrote: > > > > Looks like this is a good place to go: > > http://www.yamaha.co.jp/english/product/computer/firmware.html > > > > Unfortunately, it looks like you have to go into Windows (or have a Mac) > > to extract the files. Windows people really need to start using > > installers that use standard file formats so we can still get at the > > goods without being able to run a .EXE.. > > > > Then again, I haven't tried WINE yet.. > > FWIW, the latest WINE can handle InstallShield installers, although they > may hang (harmlessly) at the very end. Last I heard, anyway. WINE has > come a long way over the past couple months (even over the past couple > weeks!). Well, unzip can unpack self-extracting .EXE files like this. But it looks like the program does the actual updating is a .EXE that was in the archive ... -- Jim Crumley | crumley at fields.space.umn.edu | Work: 612 624-6804 or -0378 | --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org