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You Know Your A DOS Freak When....

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Name: spun_bearing
Date: October 4, 2004 at 20:39:28 Pacific
OS: DOS Of Course
CPU/Ram: Fast Enough
Comment:

Your computer has ten USB ports, but you complain about it only having one printer port

You consider a mouse to be "virtual reality" technology

You accidentally add switches when writing on a note pad

You know the heartbreak of dragging someone to your computer to show them your latest batch file and they are dissapointed that they don't get any cookies or brownies

You find any of these lame jokes funny

You have some of your own to add below



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Response Number 1
Name: Mechanix2Go
Date: October 4, 2004 at 20:59:44 Pacific
Reply:

You think graphics means using ANSI to change the text color.



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Response Number 2
Name: Nigel Spike
Date: October 5, 2004 at 00:32:58 Pacific
Reply:

You use all your imagination to invent new eight character file names, so you can locate them easily, just to discover that you have to open houndreds of files with meaningless names whenever you need to locate a specific file.


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Response Number 3
Name: DOSceo
Date: October 5, 2004 at 11:18:14 Pacific
Reply:

When you spend the last 2 years developing a better one before 2005 lands ;)

Tyler H. D.
DOSceo@yahoo.com


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Response Number 4
Name: SkipCox
Date: October 5, 2004 at 16:49:16 Pacific
Reply:

you type "edit calendar.txt" to enter an appointment.

Alt F S

Alt F X

Skip


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Response Number 5
Name: jubalsams
Date: October 5, 2004 at 21:15:41 Pacific
Reply:

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Response Number 6
Name: jimage
Date: October 6, 2004 at 05:04:04 Pacific
Reply:

You somehow blew up a soundcard playing MP3s through DAmp.

You're working on a networkable pure-DOS Commander Keen fangame.

You begin salivating when shown a new 256-colour VGA tileset.

Alot of your favourite music is stored in a directory named 'MOD Files'.

You work hard at getting on people's good side just so they'll give you their 386 when they buy a new computer.

You have a machine with an AMD 2800 and 1Gb RAM hooked up to a projector and a 5.1 surround sound system, and you're running Power Menu.

You've got your PC speaker routed through your soundcard, which is plugged into a guitar amplifier.

You do things like this: http://jimsoft.cjb.net/sq/

>Jimage


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Response Number 7
Name: Mick C
Date: October 7, 2004 at 15:26:46 Pacific
Reply:

You maintain PowerLoad just for fun!

PowerLoad is part of the Oldfiles Network
Please reply with a message to let us all know we are on the right track...


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Response Number 8
Name: Glitchman
Date: October 9, 2004 at 19:51:50 Pacific
Reply:

You know you're a DOS Freak when...

Your idea of conserving HD space is deltree /y windows

You know how to put spaces in standard DOS filenames without a disk editor

You successfully configure a Lynx browser to go far beyond a 24 * 80 display

Your hands rarely stray from the keyboard, even when you're on Windows

You memorize the entire ASCII table, and use Alt+number sequences in place of your broken keyboard keys

You create binary executables by manually keying them into DOS edit

You actually wore out the Scroll Lock key first!

(OK, I'll admit those last two are a stretch even for me, but maybe someday there will be hope) ;)


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Response Number 9
Name: wizard-fred
Date: October 11, 2004 at 03:35:07 Pacific
Reply:

re: post 8 - Creating binary executables in edit.

Probably impossible with edit but the following is possible.

Creating executables in debug.


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Response Number 10
Name: Glitchman
Date: October 11, 2004 at 22:36:22 Pacific
Reply:

To some extent, it's actually possible in DOS 7.x (the DOS in Win 9x) via the /<nnn> switch. For example, you could use edit /70 explorer.exe to hex edit Windows Explorer in order to rename the Start button. Granted, it's better to use a real hex editor, but it's handy to know that such tasks can be done in pure DOS.


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Response Number 11
Name: neotms88
Date: November 5, 2004 at 11:05:30 Pacific
Reply:

when you think 14.4 dial-up is average

if you still use 5.25 floppies


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