harris@ecsvax.UUCP (Mark Harris) (09/14/86)
I find that after I run certain programs the '/w' parameter for 'dir' is no longer recognized by DOS 3.0. No other damage that I can find. Has anyone else run into this? Know how to fix the problem?
mc68020@gilbbs.UUCP (Thomas J Keller) (09/16/86)
In article <2029@ecsvax.UUCP>, harris@ecsvax.UUCP (Mark Harris) writes: > I find that after I run certain programs the '/w' parameter for 'dir' > is no longer recognized by DOS 3.0. No other damage that I can find. > Has anyone else run into this? Know how to fix the problem? Yes, I know how to fix the problem. Get ird of that abomination, MSDOS, and get a *REAL* computer. While you're at it, kindly post PC related queries to the net.micro.pc newsgroup, where they damned well belong! -- Disclaimer: Disclaimer? DISCLAIMER!? I don't need no stinking DISCLAIMER!!! tom keller "She's alive, ALIVE!" {ihnp4, dual}!ptsfa!gilbbs!mc68020 (* we may not be big, but we're small! *)
darmon@polaris.UUCP (09/18/86)
In article <2029@ecsvax.UUCP> harris@ecsvax.UUCP (Mark Harris) writes: >I find that after I run certain programs the '/w' parameter for 'dir' >is no longer recognized by DOS 3.0. No other damage that I can find. >Has anyone else run into this? Know how to fix the problem? This is a known bug. Somehow DOS does not detect that command.com has been overwritten and does not reload it. That's because it only checks for a few bytes and they are not the one affected. -- Pierre Darmon, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center. .....seismo!philabs!polaris!darmon. darmon.yktvmz.ibm@csnet-relay
kdale@BBNCC-EUR.arpa (Keith Dale) (09/24/86)
Does that mean that if I have a question about Kermit on the Mac, I should post it to info-kermit? Or info-mac? How about a querry on the Atari 1040ST - should it go to info-atari16 or info-68k? Uh, oh - a problem with my Unix termcap for the Zenith 19: should it go to info-unix, unix-wizards, or heath-people?? Printer problems on your Z-100, anyone? Refer to info-printers, heath-people (again), info-hz100, and info-ibmpc! Get the picture? Look, guys. New folks on the net don't mean to step on any holy toes, so don't pass out sermons with such righteous indignation. Maybe someone just doesn't understand net protocol - so be big about it and take the time to explain it. Besides, when confronted with too many options - as I tried to point out above - there's always info-micro. After all, and I quote from the List of Lists maintained at the SRI-NIC, "INFO-MICRO: Information/discussion list on the general interest topic of microcomputers". Flame off, please. Keith
chiu@princeton.UUCP (Kenneth Chiu) (09/27/86)
In article <4086@brl-smoke.ARPA> kdale@BBNCC-EUR.arpa (Keith Dale) writes: >Does that mean that if I have a question about Kermit on the Mac, I should post >it to info-kermit? Or info-mac?. . . Yes, because the people reading these newsgroups are specifically interested in the subject and know more about it. >. . .Get the picture? Look, guys. New folks on the net don't mean to step on >any holy toes, so don't pass out sermons with such righteous indignation. Maybe >someone just doesn't understand net protocol - so be big about it and take the >time to explain it. . . I am a new user, so I can understand how a casual or new user might post to net.micro instead of a more specific newsgroup. It doesn't take an experienced user to realize, however, that he should probably post to net.micro.pc instead of net.micro if his question is about IBM PCs. If such postings are truly merely because of ignorance, then they should be forgiven. Often these postings are cross-posted to net.micro.pc, however, so apparently the author must have known net.micro is for >general< discussions, not machine-specific ones. My impression is that many of these postings are from people who just want to make sure they reach as many people as possible, which is understandable, but not considerate; or from people who really don't care what kind of trash they generate for other people, which is not understandable, and certainly not considerate. >. . .After all, and I quote from the List of Lists maintained at the SRI-NIC, >"INFO-MICRO: Information/discussion list on the general interest topic of >microcomputers". . . ---------------- >Flame off, please. No flames here, just annoyance. -- Kenneth Chiu UUCP: princeton!chiu Princeton University Computer Science Department BITNET: 6031801@PUCC
netnews@sigi.UUCP (Network News) (10/04/86)
In article <915@gilbbs.UUCP> mc68020@gilbbs.UUCP (Thomas J Keller) writes: >In article <2029@ecsvax.UUCP>, harris@ecsvax.UUCP (Mark Harris) writes: >> I find that after I run certain programs the '/w' parameter for 'dir' >> is no longer recognized by DOS 3.0. No other damage that I can find. >> Has anyone else run into this? Know how to fix the problem? > > Yes, I know how to fix the problem. Get ird of that abomination, MSDOS, > and get a *REAL* computer. > > While you're at it, kindly post PC related queries to the net.micro.pc > newsgroup, where they damned well belong! > >-- > >Disclaimer: Disclaimer? DISCLAIMER!? I don't need no stinking DISCLAIMER!!! > >tom keller "She's alive, ALIVE!" Are you claiming that the pc is NOT a micro-computer? I don't think this kind of attack is very helpful to anyone. Maybe you need your own personal newsgroup where only articles of interest to you would be posted. -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ Jeff Jennings University of Colorado, Boulder { ut-sally | ihnp4 } !nbires!boulder!jennings _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-