Re: When CTRL+C doesn't work.

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From: novak
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 1990 13:17

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> This is not because DOS has crashed but beacuse the microprocessor cannot
> be interrupted by CRTL+C or CTLR+BREAK.
> This result is that the PC must be rebooted.
> This is a very time consuming way to find bugs !
> Does anyone know how I can interrupt the program ?
> 
I have seen working a program called ABORT. It is a TSR which exits the current
program and returns to DOS. As far as I know, it works pretty well and does not
require much memory, but I do not know whether it works with C. It is a share-
ware or a public domain and should be on Simtel. Anyway, it is worth to try.

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Subject: Re: When CTRL+C doesn't work.
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