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9732 David B. Smith
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Dec 1, 1999
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9733 David B. Smith
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Dec 1, 1999
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9734
... Sounds typical. ... I know I would use these features! The only feature I dont use so far is the multi-processing. Not because I dont want one, but just...
Or Botton
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Dec 1, 1999
12:40 pm
9735
... <snip> ... <snip> ... Good Luck. ~~Garry To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to LISTSERV@... with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the...
Garry Hamilton
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Dec 1, 1999
1:06 pm
9736
Hi Howard, <rest of excellent dos/*nix comparison snipped> HS>display contents of file type cat (contatenate) I guess that was a typo for...
Mike Millen
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Dec 1, 1999
1:13 pm
9737
Dear David, ... encountered on ... to the ... Actually, I would say that this is on-topic; you're attempting to keep an older PC going... ... We have a dozen...
Anthony J. Albert
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Dec 1, 1999
1:18 pm
9738
Dear pippi, Yes, this will delete COMMAND.COM. The reason it will do so is because DOS doesn't have a lot of file-locking mechanisms. DOS will load DELTREE...
Anthony J. Albert
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Dec 1, 1999
1:21 pm
9739
hi all, wanted to add my two cents here as well. while i'm not sure i would want to use the file transfer feature, unless it did zmodem, the live chat would be...
Karen Lewellen
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Dec 1, 1999
2:08 pm
9740
... ICQ is not using ZModem protocol for file transfer. It uses something else (propierty?). About ZModem, by the way, I dont think its really connected and is...
Or Botton
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Dec 1, 1999
3:29 pm
9741
... DELTREE is not an internal command. You should find DELTREE.EXE in C:\DOS. However, both portions of COMMAND.COM (resident and transient) should still be...
Ben A L Jemmett
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Dec 1, 1999
4:55 pm
9742
... Looks like it. ... Nope. It is concatenate - the original use was thus: cat file1 file2 > file 3 Equivalent to DOS's COPY FILE1+FILE2 FILE3 Regards, Ben A...
Ben A L Jemmett
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Dec 1, 1999
4:56 pm
9743
... Something that takes an input stream and displays or prints it, and lets one send a stream back. No cursor control, no highlighting, etc. ... It does, but...
Ben A L Jemmett
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Dec 1, 1999
5:00 pm
9744
... Thank you - you've just given me my next project :) Although ISTR a discussion here about the number of the Beast which was terminated by our listmaster :)...
Ben A L Jemmett
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Dec 1, 1999
5:00 pm
9745
... than ... I would think a major consideration would be whether you've got a Win 3.11-capable version of the word processor. ... Although I've been spoiled...
Bob George
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Dec 1, 1999
6:53 pm
9746
Since I got a extra set of chips I was able to get my XT running again. At start up the memory count runs to 640kb and everything is fine. After a certain...
Constant Brouerius va...
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Dec 1, 1999
7:26 pm
9747
hammer <hammer@...> wrote: [regarding the vi key assignments] ... From my "special arcana" of ancient information: the letters chosen for...
Garry
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Dec 1, 1999
7:50 pm
9748
helo Karen - what about doing a practical review of the thing ? Would be appreciated ! // Heimo Claasen // <hammer@...> // Brussels 1999-12-01 ...
hammer
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Dec 2, 1999
1:03 am
9749
Anyody with experience setting up a win98 workgroup who might be able to help me troubleshoot, please contact me (offlist)? I don't think it's on-topic for...
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Dec 2, 1999
2:43 am
9750
... If your applications have 16 bit versions, I'd say yes. I ran win3.1 for a while before switching. I switched for the toys and for icq, but I was able to...
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Dec 2, 1999
2:51 am
9751
... I'm fairly certain that deltree is a command included in command.com, the main dos command interpreter. At any rate, it does come with dos. To unsubscribe...
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Dec 2, 1999
3:06 am
9752
Hallo pippi5@...! ... Oh, DELTREE is an external command. Your shell loads DELTREE.EXE, then DELTREE starts working, killing itself and COMMAND.COM in the...
Gunnar Thoele
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Dec 2, 1999
4:07 am
9753
... Believe it or not, this awful syntax is actually legal. Worse, its behavior is indeterminate. It will walk through the current directory on drive C: (or...
Charles Dye
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Dec 2, 1999
4:11 am
9754
... Redundant. The Victorinox "Tinker" has a screw-grabber. (Also perfect for pulling/replacing jumpers.) raster@... To unsubscribe from SURVPC...
Charles Dye
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Dec 2, 1999
4:13 am
9755 David B. Smith
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Dec 2, 1999
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9756 David B. Smith
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Dec 2, 1999
5:02 am
9757
... we ... all! ... I think you're referring to the law requiring equal access to carriers. I do not think it has any applicability outside of the area of long...
Bob George
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Dec 2, 1999
5:57 am
9758
<pippi5@...> ... I know that stuff, but there have certainly been more off-topic posts. Keep it on list! - Bob To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message...
Bob George
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Dec 2, 1999
5:59 am
9759
... "Tinker" ... long ... The Tinker's got the phillips screwdrivers and tweezers, but the SRU is the foot long coiled spring thingie. Push on the plunger, and...
Bob George
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Dec 2, 1999
8:22 am
9760
Re: the security issue outlined. I think that if you simply delete the password line from the rc file it will prompt for a password when you run MICQ. I've...
David Lindauer
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Dec 2, 1999
12:11 pm
9761
As I said a few weeks ago, I was given a 486 with 16MB RAM, 520MB HDD, etc, with PS/2 mouse/keyboard connectors. I had been using an old mouse connected to...
Ben Hood
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Dec 2, 1999
2:37 pm
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