4DOS support has been dead for years and years.lots of
You'd have to find some fan with programming abiities and
enthusiasm who's willing to take over developement of 4DOS(souce code
available on my 4DOS.info site).
4DOS support has been dead for years and years.
On Mon, 12 Jun 2017 17:38:17 +0200, Klaus Meinhard wrote:is
4DOS support has been dead for years and years.
True, but it's worth mentioning that its replacement, TCC,
available free in the "Lite" edition, TCCLE. I don't know ifthat
runs in pre-XP versions of Windows, but it's fine withWindows 7 and
8.1.
For several years using 4DOS 8.0 I've been annoyed with the(...)
/bug/ that when 'Ctrl-P' or 'Ctrl-Prscreen' is pressed while
no DOS printer present or available, 4DOS /locks up/
infinitely querying for Retry/Abort? EVEN after the user
presses the Ctrl-P / Ctrl-PrScreen key combo /again/
presumbaly this annoying bug was introduced by "Lucho")
Stan Brown dit dans
news:MPG.33a913bf4389147198fada@news.individual.net:
On Mon, 12 Jun 2017 17:38:17 +0200, Klaus Meinhard wrote:is
4DOS support has been dead for years and years.
True, but it's worth mentioning that its replacement, TCC,
available free in the "Lite" edition, TCCLE. I don't know ifthat
runs in pre-XP versions of Windows, but it's fine withWindows 7 and
8.1.
This subject is /not/ to do with "Windows" ! TCC - whether the
full or LE version - couldn't be further from a 4DOS
"replacement". Despite superficial similarities, they are
completely different animals. TCC is a Windows console
program, while 4DOS is a DOS command "shell". Granted, 4DOS
/can/ run in a Windows "DOS box", but conversely TCC cannot
run under DOS.
Best
theStan Brown :
news:MPG.33a913bf4389147198fada@news.individual.net:
True, but it's worth mentioning that its replacement, TCC,is
available free in the "Lite" edition, TCCLE. 8.1.
This subject is /not/ to do with "Windows" ! TCC - whether
considerfull or LE version
I welcome discussion of TCC here. As a descendent of 4DOS I
it completely appropriate; particularly since we get lessthat a dozen
posts here in any month.
Regarding your bug, have you tried a CTRL-C to get out ofthe loop? It
helps in many similar conditions, but of course not all.
Certainly Sir, BUT utterly irrelevant to this thread and the question
in its OP, which is about a presumed bug in 4DOS under PCDOS or
compatible DOS, not TCC nor Windows.
NimbUs dit dans news:XnFA7927D4B91F8T6A7E15I9M1B9U4S@
127.0.0.1:
For several years using 4DOS 8.0 I've been annoyed with the(...)
/bug/ that when 'Ctrl-P' or 'Ctrl-Prscreen' is pressed while
no DOS printer present or available, 4DOS /locks up/
infinitely querying for Retry/Abort? EVEN after the user
presses the Ctrl-P / Ctrl-PrScreen key combo /again/
presumbaly this annoying bug was introduced by "Lucho")
I have been misattributing, take this back with *apologies* to
"Lucho". The bug is /already/ in 4DOS 7.50 by "JP Software",
and possibly earlier. It definitely is *not* buggy in NDOS 5.0
(Norton utilities 6.01) a licensed version of 4DOS which was
my DOS command replacement of choice for many, many years...
It would be interesting to test archived versions of 4DOS.COM
and see at which point back in time this bug slipped in !
To replicate, running 4DOS (under DOS, on real iron, having at
least one parallel port registered with the BIOS and NO
printer attached), at the 4DOS prompt : type "Ctrl P" to
toggle the printer, then type the "any" key; 4DOS would try to
send the key to the PRN device and upon failure, query for
Retry Ignore Fail Abort?
At this point, the lonly way out beyond connecting an actual
printer device should be to toggle "Ctrl P" back. Then typing
"any" character should proceed smoothly, however IF the bug in
subj is present in the 4DOS version under test, you'll get the
"Write error on device PRN" Retry Ignore Fail Abort? again,
and again and again... no way out but by rebooting the machine
:(
NimbUs dit dans news:XnFA7927D4B91F8T6A7E15I9M1B9U4S@
127.0.0.1:
For several years using 4DOS 8.0 I've been annoyed with the(...)
/bug/ that when 'Ctrl-P' or 'Ctrl-Prscreen' is pressed while
no DOS printer present or available, 4DOS /locks up/
infinitely querying for Retry/Abort? EVEN after the user
presses the Ctrl-P / Ctrl-PrScreen key combo /again/
presumbaly this annoying bug was introduced by "Lucho")
NimbUs wrote:
For several years using 4DOS 8.0 I've been annoyed with the(...)
/bug/ that when 'Ctrl-P' or 'Ctrl-Prscreen' is pressed while
no DOS printer present or available, 4DOS /locks up/
infinitely querying for Retry/Abort? EVEN after the user
presses the Ctrl-P / Ctrl-PrScreen key combo /again/
It's a late reply, I know. Is this still a problem? Is it
reproducible in virtual environments? If I can reproduce it,
I might be convinced to fix it. I don't need extra money,
so any said fix will be applied "when I feel like it."
Alternative to reproduction, is to make ctrl+p a no-op.
It's ok to email me about 4DOS, though replies here should
be sufficient.
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