Re: OT: help with a couple of Windows/dos commands I've forgotten andother crap

[Bob W]

Ok, so I lost a whole Sh*tload of mail due to some rather forced Netscape 
update...  but forget that.
I figured out a way to get into the mail I want to see by copying the 
files to an external drive, putting the files

on my old computer that has windoze 98 and real DOS with Kedit on it...

I'm able to open the files with Kedit at the dos prompt -within-windows... 
what I've forgotten how to do is
toggle out of windows entirely to fill screen dos... which I need to do. 
and then get back to windows.




back in the old days computers used to boot into DOS and a batch file which 
started Windows. If your old machine still works that way you could amend 
the batch file to skip Windows. Without a suitable old machine to hand I'm 
just going from memory,  but you could also amend something like config.sys 
or startup.sys or .bat, I think, but unless you're absolutely sure of what 
you're doing it's best left alone.



Thats the first question...

The second problem is my 'SENT' file is merely too big to use Kedit ... it 
is about 79 mgscan't open it
on my new computer either  I'd kinda like to split it in pieces but don't 
know how or if.




Splitting files cleanly isn't an easy thing to do.

Instead of using an editor that's limited why not try a different editor? 
Textpad is a very good one . You can 
download it free on a tryout basis, and pay for it only if you decide to 
keep it. I liked it so much, I paid for it!


Bob


I don't know why Netscape Communicator when I updated didn't keep that old 
sent file... though I'm guessing it had

something to do with it being too large, too...

anyone?

Of course, write me off list  and many thanks

ann


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Re: OT: help with a couple of Windows/dos commands I've, forgotten andother crap

[John Sessoms]

From: "Bob W"
Ok, so I lost a whole Sh*tload of mail due to some rather forced Netscape 
> update...  but forget that.
> I figured out a way to get into the mail I want to see by copying the 
> files to an external drive, putting the files

> on my old computer that has windoze 98 and real DOS with Kedit on it...
>
> I'm able to open the files with Kedit at the dos prompt -within-windows... 
> what I've forgotten how to do is
> toggle out of windows entirely to fill screen dos... which I need to do. 
> and then get back to windows.

>


back in the old days computers used to boot into DOS and a batch file which 
started Windows. If your old machine still works that way you could amend 
the batch file to skip Windows. Without a suitable old machine to hand I'm 
just going from memory,  but you could also amend something like config.sys 
or startup.sys or .bat, I think, but unless you're absolutely sure of what 
you're doing it's best left alone.




I believe she said she has a Windows 98 machine. To open a DOS window 
you select - Start|Run and type "command" in the dialog box. Click OK or 
hit ENTER. The DOS window can be resized by dragging a corner or by 
clicking on the little DOS icon in the upper left of the toolbar and 
setting the properties.


Also, with Windows 98 there's a shutdown mode that allows you to 
shut-down & restart in MS-DOS Compatibility Mode.


Holding down F8 during startup brings up a Windows 98 menu and one of 
the options is to boot to a command prompt.



Thats the first question...
>
> The second problem is my 'SENT' file is merely too big to use Kedit ... it 
> is about 79 mgscan't open it
> on my new computer either  I'd kinda like to split it in pieces but don't 
> know how or if.

>


Splitting files cleanly isn't an easy thing to do.

Instead of using an editor that's limited why not try a different editor? 
Textpad is a very good one . You can 
download it free on a tryout basis, and pay for it only if you decide to 
keep it. I liked it so much, I paid for it!


Or you might be able to open the files in Notepad or Wordpad.


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Re: OT: help with a couple of Windows/dos commands I've, forgotten andother crap

[Ann Sanfedele]

John Sessoms wrote:


From: "Bob W"

Ok, so I lost a whole Sh*tload of mail due to some rather forced 
Netscape > update...  but forget that.
> I figured out a way to get into the mail I want to see by copying 
the > files to an external drive, putting the files
> on my old computer that has windoze 98 and real DOS with Kedit on 
it...

>
> I'm able to open the files with Kedit at the dos prompt 
-within-windows... > what I've forgotten how to do is
> toggle out of windows entirely to fill screen dos... which I need 
to do. > and then get back to windows.

>



back in the old days computers used to boot into DOS and a batch file 
which started Windows. If your old machine still works that way you 
could amend the batch file to skip Windows. Without a suitable old 
machine to hand I'm just going from memory,  but you could also amend 
something like config.sys or startup.sys or .bat, I think, but unless 
you're absolutely sure of what you're doing it's best left alone.




I believe she said she has a Windows 98 machine. To open a DOS window 
you select - Start|Run and type "command" in the dialog box. Click OK 
or hit ENTER. The DOS window can be resized by dragging a corner or by 
clicking on the little DOS icon in the upper left of the toolbar and 
setting the properties. 


Thanks, John... (and all youse guys)

Old news now -- but all I do is click on my msdos icon on the desktop :) 
then to get full screen, as Eric reminded me, its ALT ENTER.


back to chores...

ann




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Re: OT: help with a couple of Windows/dos commands I've forgotten andother crap

[David Mann]

On May 31, 2010, at 5:19 AM, Bob W wrote:

> Instead of using an editor that's limited why not try a different editor? 
> Textpad is a very good one . You can 
> download it free on a tryout basis, and pay for it only if you decide to keep 
> it. I liked it so much, I paid for it!

I used to use Textpad at work but I switched to Notepad++
http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm

It has a couple of simple little features that I just can't go without anymore.

And it's neither vi nor Emacs ;)

Cheers,
Dave
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Re: OT: help with a couple of Windows/dos commands I've forgotten andother crap

[Rob Studdert]

On 31/05/2010, David Mann  wrote:

> I used to use Textpad at work but I switched to Notepad++
> http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm
>
> It has a couple of simple little features that I just can't go without 
> anymore.
>
> And it's neither vi nor Emacs ;)

I've recently switched to Notepad++ too, my fave used to be Editeur
(last update 2005) which has a fatal problem with mouse scroll wheels.

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