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Article #1195Re: What the heck is this AUX device?
From: mathew
Date: Fri, 01 Feb 1991 15:18
Date: Fri, 01 Feb 1991 15:18
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lwallace@javelin.es.com (Lynn Wallace) writes:
> Several of the Microsoft SDK sample programs, as well as Notepad and others,
> cause my system to hang for about a minute, then display an "error writing
> to device AUX/cancel/retry" message. If I'm lucky, this is a one-time msg,
> but it usually shows up as an infinite(?) loop.
>
> I conjecture this: The AUX is supposed to be my auxillary monitor, which I
> don't have, and the message is coming from the debugging version of Windows
> which detects a normally passable condition but wishes to inform me of the
> "problem".
Correct.
Note that even if you have a second monitor, your problems are not over.
You'll need the OX.SYS driver which redirects AUX: to the second screen.
mathew.
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