Hi Bret, > On Feb 28, 2022, at 6:42 PM, Bret Johnson <bretj...@juno.com> wrote: > > This to me seems like a solution that could actually do what I'm wanting to > accomplish. I may experiment with that and see what happens. As you note, > there may be compatibility issues with some DOS versions (V8 power tools may > not work with older versions of DOS).
As for compatibility, I was just referring to the “piped one-liner”. 99% of the code in the V8Power Tools talks directly to hardware or the the BIOS. The exceptions being things like loading resource (translation files), performing stdout/in (file handles, not FCBs), looking up environment variables and termination. Other than program terminate, none of that would be used in the two line “vgotoxy up + vecho /n /e” combo. So, it would definitely be good down to a very low version of DOS. I need to dig out the books to see if it would work in DOS 2.00 (exit code + PSP structure). :-) Jerome
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