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Sometimes it it is just easier to do something in DOS.
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> On May 22, 2014, at 5:34 AM, Colin Howard <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Greetings,
>
> I, though having used Windows since 1994, still occasionally drop into dos
> because if I don't know how to do it under windows, I usually do under dos.
>
> I'm from a programming environment going back to 1969, magnetic drums and
> cards, huge one-inch wide reels of tape trundled around on huge trolleys.
> The EDS80 disk pack was the best thing since sliced bread!! Waugh! 20Gb of
> storage on one of those packs, wonderful!
>
> I started work in 1973 on mainframes but had training in assembler code but
> soon migrated to Cobol, in those days Cobol68.
>
> I still have a dos machine now running Dos V6.22 and 4Dos over the top can't
> remember the version.
>
> I used to love writing batch files for all kinds of things in 4Dos, much
> more user-friendly and flexible than straight Dos.
>
> Mind you, I have yet to migrate to Windows7, being on XP Home on both laptop
> and desktop machines, these are now over five years old and creeking
> somewhat, I really must change soon before this lot goes off bang or maybe
> fails in some other way.
>
>
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