here is a solution to produce a Do While Loop in DOS Batch:
@REM initialize test value to be "true"
@SET intCounter=1:while
@REM test condition
@IF %intCounter% GTR 10 (GOTO wend)@REM procedure where condition is "true"
@echo %intCounter%@REM set new test value
@SET /a intCounter=intCounter+1@REM loop
@GOTO while:wend
@PAUSE
There is no GTR in DOS. LOL
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And then, somebody invented the command @echo off
yeah, i didn't think dos could do math in batch. had me going there for a minute!
yeah, i didn't think dos could do math in batch. had me going there for a minute! Here's a counter that works in dos, the only external is choice.com(will work in windows but not with choice.exe....).
Lol! yeah, that's great! at first, i though "i know i can figure it out without cheating...", then i thought "ok, i'll cheat" (view the code). Now I have not only cheated, but I will require some contemplative time to figure it out!
(no no! don't tell me how it works.. yet.. i've already cheated once..)
at least it wasn't a "one-liner", which is what is thought at first.ps: i read that rodents can be driven off by high frequencies. I tried it once, but all i got was neighborhood dogs barking like hell! the mice just laughed. probly the wrong freq.
Who actually runs DOS, these days, by the way ? To do WHAT exactly ?
I plan to run it on my other box to generate tones in QBASIC.
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Some people like to run old games and others are still trying to get the most out of custom hardware that controls machinery, run memory tests, ect.
@m2:
Lol! yeah, SOUND is fun, and visbasic took all the fun out of it! (have you tried "beep?" yecch!!!)
i guess there's library import, similar to "sleep" that might make it work. I haven't found it yet though.
@judago: to me, DOS makes a great environment for experimentation and wreaking general bare-bones havoc.
I can only remember one thing that was interesting, being some program that allowed to show the disk activity (like the led on your computer does) onto one of the unused leds of your keyboard. Since Windows, that didn't work anymore ... And, indeed ... old games. But then I think about Commodore 64's ...
Laugh all you want about DOS. I knew a guy who used his own trading program in Lotus 2.x and was making over $1000 a month trading penny stocks. [Back when that was a lot of money.]
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I'm not laughing
tvc: Who actually runs DOS, these days, by the way ? To do WHAT exactly ?
Some boot programs do; SpinRite, specifically.
Interesting, but it says here ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpinRite ) that you dont need DOS for that, although it works if that is your OS. Many needs for DOS (these days) seem to involve alternative boot-up procedure, but that is what Linux-live-boot-stuff also tries to cover.
I also used DOS lately, but I had to find out that it does not like NTFS, so, if all of your disks are NTFS (which they should be if you are running XP or up), DOS is pretty useless, for any disk related action.
tvc: you dont need DOS for that
That's because Free DOS is included on its boot image
Yes, but does Knoppix run DOS ? Answer with yes or no will do.
Knoppix, the Linux distro? I don't think so, no. But I haven't really dealt with it outside of a few Windows password resets.
