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August 5th, 2006, 08:39 PM
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What is it with MS-DOS and "Going Out"
I Have Heard rumors that MS_DOS is "Going out of bussinesss" for lack of other words, i hate to see it go, how many of yall agree??
ive just started working in it but i have heard that it is slowing going away and that just sucks, lol colton22
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August 6th, 2006, 03:27 AM
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Support for MS-DOS stopped several years ago. However, you still get a CMD shell in every new Windows version, which in many respects is more powerful than the old DOS was. So I wouldn't worry for now...
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August 6th, 2006, 01:49 PM
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lol, ight, im hoping it will be around for a while, its powerful, lol the only thing i wished it had was a "back" or "undo" button, i have to reformat my systemdrive because i ran a file i created on teh same drive which was built to run off a seperate drive. lol
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August 6th, 2006, 02:13 PM
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I used to work with IBM XT's and AT's with 30mb drives and 5.25" floppy drives just using DOS running batch commands to run C programs about 20 years ago. You would have loved it then being in DOS heaven, except they didn't have iPods! just walkmans! lol
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August 6th, 2006, 03:32 PM
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Yeah. Those were the times.
My first computer didn't even have a harddisk, only two 5.25" floppy drives (DD, only 360 KB). You used one drive for the OS, and the other for the program you wanted to run :-) Even had a 2400 baud modem.. :-)
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August 6th, 2006, 04:09 PM
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Tell us why Colton that you are sooo into MS-DOS at the moment, it can't be for old time sake. It's like a young kid who get into music like the Stones, The Who or Pink Floyd saying it's "really powerful stuff"!
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August 6th, 2006, 05:27 PM
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I've always been into DOS. One of my three screens is permanently dedicated to a CMD shell (or more than one).
Hence my user-title. Why Colton22 is interested I don't know, but I'm only too glad to spread the magic :-) (And the Stones, Who and Pink Floyd ROCK!  )
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August 6th, 2006, 09:23 PM
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well, to answer your question snap, i wanted to learn something more powerful then web programming, and that is the first thing i was intrested in, and p.s., pink floyed is pretty good. lol, i like chamillionaire and 2 pac and stuff like that to, but old time rock is pretty good to, i just got done recording one of my dads 8-tracks to my computer, lol, its "One World, Rare Earth" so i guess its just a senerio, lol, idk
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August 6th, 2006, 11:41 PM
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Windows Shell (WSH).. Ask Nilpo about it sometime.
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August 10th, 2006, 07:17 PM
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I wouldn't talk to him colton, he looks pretty mean! unlike a packet of biscuits for cheese!
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August 11th, 2006, 09:01 AM
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I missed the Pink Floyd and Rolling Stones comment... That was my biggest complaint last weekend while venturing through a downtown park... all these kids in AC/DC and Pink Floyd shirts... It's just a trendy thing to do; if you quiz them on anything relating to the band ("Name ONE album!") they'll likely fail.
I wish DOS played more of a role in Windows computing than it does. Linux lets me perform complicated functions with ease (OS X as well)... it's weird to say, but Windows feels behind the times by not keeping the twenty year old scripting. =)
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August 11th, 2006, 12:04 PM
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Do you say that to all the kids in Toronto Parks or only the ones with pre-80's music band t-shirts? There is a TV character in the UK who might do that called Victor Mildrew although he might be a bit older than you!
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