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From: UNCKNG@UNC.BITNET ("Kevin N. Gunn")
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Chr$(4) and Linefeeds
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Date: 26 Jan 89 20:05:00 GMT
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Jeremy G. Mereness <jm7e+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU> writes:
> BTW if you ever use DOS 3.3, you should precede the Ctrl-D with a linefeed, li
>
> 120 PRINT CHR$(13);CHR$(4);"CATALOG" : REM dos 3.3 only
>
  I've come across this problem before (and fixed it by issuing a
print chr$(4) twice, the first of which is, of course, terminated by
a carraige return, thus solving the problem).  What I'd like to know
is WHY DOS 3.3 NEEDS that carraige return.

Carraige return sure is a strange anachronism when applied to a
video screen, isn't it?

Thanks in advance!

-Kevin N. Gunn
unckng@unc