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Article #3478Re: Expand DOS prompt?
From: George Jetson
Date: Sun, 04 Oct 1992 01:01
Date: Sun, 04 Oct 1992 01:01
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In article <1992Oct3.203012.23118@uwasa.fi> ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi) writes: >In article <92276.135321ISSSEG@BYUVM.BITNET> <ISSSEG@BYUVM.BITNET> writes: >>Appearantly DOS prompt only allows 128K (characters). I need to know >>how to expand DOS prompt beyond 128K using DOS and not and external > >Please explain here in the newsgroup why you need this. I genuinely >ask because that way the readers might better try to solve the >actual problem you have. Or is this rather just an (interesting) >exercise for its own sake? Actually, it is a little hard for me to understand why anyone would want to have a prompt longer than 131072 characters anyway, so I assume this is just a puzzle question. ************************************************************************ A note to new readers: the weasely :-) symbol is frowned upon in this group. Any questions, see Phil Gustafson who will gladly rearrange your diodes for you. - From the AFU FAQ - - pynq@quads.uchicago.edu, who is still costing the net hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars, every time he posts - ************************************************************************
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!charon.amdahl.com!pacbell.com!att-out!rutgers!usc!cs.utexas.edu!convex!news.oc.com!spssig.spss.com!uchinews!quads!pynq From: pynq@quads.uchicago.edu (George Jetson) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer Subject: Re: Expand DOS prompt? Message-ID: <1992Oct4.010151.1197@midway.uchicago.edu> Date: 4 Oct 92 01:01:51 GMT References: <92276.135321ISSSEG@BYUVM.BITNET> <1992Oct3.203012.23118@uwasa.fi> Sender: news@uchinews.uchicago.edu (News System) Reply-To: pynq@midway.uchicago.edu Organization: D. J. Dougherty & Associates Lines: 23