Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!usc!srhqla!demott!kdq
From: kdq@demott.COM (Kevin D. Quitt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Crashing DOS
Message-ID: <47@demott.COM>
Date: 5 Mar 90 17:02:11 GMT
References: <1350@polari.UUCP>
Reply-To: kdq@demott.COM (Kevin D. Quitt)
Organization: DeMott Electronics Co., Van Nuys CA
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In article <1350@polari.UUCP> georgf@polari.UUCP (George Forsman) writes:
>In article <46@demott.COM> kdq@demott.COM (Kevin D. Quitt) writes:
>>
>> [use of "set path=%path%;%path%" to create a path longer than 128
>>   characters]
>>
>>    Much to my amazement, this locked up DOS.  
>
>Yes, it does.  For versions of MS-DOS 3.30a and above it does lock up. 
>[...]

>
>I had the opportunity to test this under a number of DOS versions.
>
>>
>>    Every 386 based machine crashed when trying to do this.
>>
>>    Every other machine handled this without a problem (except repoting
>>	a syntax error on the line that was too long.
>>
>

    I misstated somewhat.  All these systems are running the same
version of DOS (3.30), all dated 24-Jul-87.  In fact, all the machines
are using Phoenix MS-DOS 3.30.  I have tested two each of: 386, 286, 8088,
and one V30 based machines. Only one of these machines is true blue (8088),
and the others each come from a different manufacturer.

    And I still have no idea what the difference is.

kdq
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