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From: noesis@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (60276000)
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Subject: Re: Abort, Retry, Fail?
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Date: 21 Jun 91 15:31:20 GMT
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has to do with flawed programming & which command in DOS you're using

ex: for DIR first the FAT is read. if you <abort> of <fail> then it
    will not attempt to re-read to FAT, but will continue with the
    next step instead of crashing back to the prompt. the next step
    would be read the root dir. this continues for quite a while. 
apparently no one ever tried to <abort> or <fail> during beta testing.