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From: det@hawkmoon.MN.ORG (Derek E. Terveer)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: Dosgate - is this new?
Summary: ctty doesn't always work
Message-ID: <1045@hawkmoon.MN.ORG>
Date: 11 Jul 89 03:06:21 GMT
References: <1722@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu>
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Organization: One of the Eternal Champions - Richfield, MN, 554232523, USA
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In article <1722@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu>, mjj@stda.jhuapl.edu (Marshall Jose) writes:
> I'm having difficulty appreciating the value of "dosgate".  Isn't the
> PC-DOS command "CTTY" adequate for this purpose?  I've had to use
> it when I was debugging screen drivers, and it worked quite well.

Depends on what version of dos you are using.  The only one that appears to
work is 3.3.  Doesn't work on 2.11, 3.1, 3.11, 3.2, or 3.21.  Each of these
DOS-en documents ctty differently (as well as command.com), if at all.  All of
the above dos-en hang the systems involved.  What version of dos were you
using? (does pc-dos have version numbers?)

Imagine writing code that is supposed to work across all dos-en >2.1 !!!
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