Re: asc-tool.exe (asciitool.c for dos) [1/2]
From Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz>
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· 11 Aug 1998 00:00 · View full thread
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Phil <ccx...@coventry.ac.uk> wrote: >On 10 Aug 1998, Colin Douthwaite wrote: >> CJRandall <col...@shieldwolf.demon.co.uk> wrote: >> >In article <902...@mnementh.southern.co.nz>, Colin Douthwaite >> ><cfb...@southern.co.nz> writes >> >> >> >>Same problem again as with the first version you sent. >- SNIP - >> So exactly what do you mean by a Windows dos.box? I'm not familiar with >> that particular jargon - "dos.box" ? >> >> A dos-box to me means a computer running MS-DOS as the operating >> system. "dos.box" I dunno - no comprehendi senor! >A Win 3.x DOS Box is where you run a DOS Shell from within Windows. ie >You don't exit to pure DOS to run the programs. Thanks for that helpful explanation. Although I do now have Windoze 3.1 I only use it when a program will not run without it, e.g. Free Agent off-line newsreader. I've actually never tried running a DOS shell within Windows. I use my FileViewer utility which is a Dos Shell or would choose to use MSDOSHELL supplied with MS-DOS 6.0. Because of this I am not familiar with the working of Windows and have not really studied it. These days many users cannot do anything unless they use Windows and don't often know what the DOS command line is or how to use it. Modern computer users have become "Pointers & Clickers". Bye,
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