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From: goodearl@world.std.com (Robert Goodearl)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer
Subject: Re: AUX port....
Keywords: secondary monitor, ox.sys, AUX
Message-ID: <1991Feb8.175545.4551@world.std.com>
Date: 8 Feb 91 17:55:45 GMT
References: <142879@tiger.oxy.edu> <1991Feb8.173232.24015@cs.uoregon.edu>
Organization: The World @ Software Tool & Die
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In article <1991Feb8.173232.24015@cs.uoregon.edu> akm@cs.uoregon.edu (Anant Kartik Mithal) writes:

> I scarfed it [ox.sys] and
>installed it on my machine, and it seems to work just the way it is
>supposed to (i.e. dos and windows both write to the secondary
>monitor). However, once I get the message on my monochrome screen, I
>can't seem to get any further. 
...

>So I am not sure what to do. The message on the secondary monitor said
>"abort, ignore, break?", so I said ignore, and the machine hung.
>
You need to know more about the error before you can "ignore" it.  In most
cases, the only viable choice is to abort.  This causes windows to exit
back to DOS.  It's not great, but it's better than having to do a power
-- 
Bob Goodearl -- goodearl@world.std.com