test please delete

[zeitghost]

When I say "floppy", I mean 8 inch floppy not these flybynight 5.25 inch floppies...

[NickFitz]

copy con

I still use that...

copy con: fred.bat

Control Z to terminate it...

SUB

[BrilloPad]

I have to catch the 15:48 from Cannon Street

[Churchill]

I still use that...

copy con: fred.bat

Control Z to terminate it...

<CTRL> Z and then <ENTER>

<CTRL> G if you want it to go <ping>

[zara_backdog]

When I started using dos in 1987 (on an Amstrad) it was beyond the pale... it's still available on Win2k though... as I've just proved... don't think it was on Win98 though... too professional...

Bet you remember Dr Dos then?

[Churchill]

Bet you remember Dr Dos then?

Yup, and GEM!

[cailin maith]

I am having the worst day

Please God, smite those people who need to be smite-d!

[Churchill]

I am having the worst day

Please God, smite those people who need to be smite-d!

Oh dear. Have a

[zeitghost]

Yup, and GEM!

WHS.

I remember being particularly impressed with the Amstrad 1512 when I discovered that loading DOS, GEM, and Locomotive(?) Basic left you with exactly 32k of user space...

I half inched a copy of IBM Compiled Basic from another dept pretty quickly...

I still use the copy of MASM 1.0 that came with it...

[zeitghost]

I am having the worst day

Please God, smite those people who need to be smite-d!

Smiten?

Nah.

Smote?

Maybe...

Sore Afflicted sounds much more gruesome...