Article View: comp.bbs.waffle
Article #3473Re: The woes of ^Z
From: George W. Hayduke
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 03:23
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 03:23
21 lines
1259 bytes
1259 bytes
djk@boombox.apana.org.au (David Keegel) writes:
> In <05Jan93014236@miracle.com> phil@miracle.com (Phil Hill) writes:
> ] don't put me down as a "DOS is really great" person: DOS is a
> ] terrible, inefficent OS.
>
> WRONG! MS-DOS is a terrible, inefficient program loader.
>
> (DOS stands for "disk operating system", ie a system for
> operating disks. That much it can generally handle.)
Keyword being "generally". Perhaps "rarely" would be more appropriate?
Coupled with a braindead BIOS design, and you have a damned miracle.
Fred Polsky v1.0, who has been known to handle under George.
"This is Usenet. Facts are irrelevant here."
The Fredbox +1 907 344 8437 system@freds.cojones.com Anchorage, Alaska
Sean "Bandwidth" Ryan's favorite BBS, with lots of neat texts and lunatics.
Technical Details
Message-ID:
<yTJ6wB3w165w@freds.cojones.com>Path:
arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!spool.mu.edu!agate!dog.ee.lbl.gov!news!nosc!crash!fredbox!systemReferences:
<-1hTrAWJBh107h@boombox.apana.org.au>Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!spool.mu.edu!agate!dog.ee.lbl.gov!news!nosc!crash!fredbox!system From: system@freds.cojones.com (George W. Hayduke) Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle Subject: Re: The woes of ^Z Message-ID: <yTJ6wB3w165w@freds.cojones.com> Date: Sat, 09 Jan 93 23:23:33 AST References: <-1hTrAWJBh107h@boombox.apana.org.au> Organization: Radio Free Fredbox Lines: 22