Thank you Michal,

That DOES help.
It confirms what I had already suspected.

Namely, that this bug is acually in MsDos v7.x

Be that as it may.
I'm certain that we can find a way to "stomp" that bug.


On Fri, 13 Dec 2002 17:49:28 +0100, Michal H. Tyc wrote:

> Hi,

> On Fri, 13 Dec 2002 14:29:54, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

>> Here are some more test results of the Arachne 'your computer'
>> function:

> Strictly, it's WWWMAN who seems to be responsible for this function
> (please type

> cd \arachne
> wwwman -l file:@:*.* >\temp\yourpc.htm

> at DOS prompt, and you'll get the lockup on MS-DOS 7.10 as well).

>> a) MS-DOS 6.0 on different machines: works
>> b) MS-DOS 7.10 (AKA the DOS from W98) on different machines: blocks

> a) can be as well DR-DOS 7.03
> b) can be as well MS-DOS 7.10 from Windows 95 (Toshiba OEM version
> with FAT32 support).

> It looks like WWWMAN has trouble with interpreting available drive
> letters under plain MS-DOS 7.10; someone who has the sources should
> carefully check every DOS function call (e.g., with Ralf Brown's
> Interrupt List). Some internal system structures are much different
> in DOS 6.x and 7.10, and there are some bugs in MS-DOS 7.10 that
> "disappear" when Windows GUI (or rather its virtual drivers) takes
> over much of the DOS functionality.

> Hope this helps,


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