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Strange string in command.com

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Aloone_Jonez:
I can't see anything strange here, this sort of thing is very common in MS-DOS.

Jack2000:
Cmon this is obviusly the section where the startup files are listed
why whould it have /dev/con string!
the other two are with :\ and \ indicating that it should load them
from the def driver where command.com is located
even the slashes on it are the other direction !!!!!
can't you see the connection it is just some trash part left
from an Unix based sys !!!

WMD:
MS-DOS has always had Unix-like device commands.  You never see them, but they're there and always have been.

/dev/con
/dev/nul
/dev/clock$
/dev/lpt1
/dev/prn
/dev/com1

Those I can remember off-hand.  It's no mystery that DOS is a poorly-conceived, single user Unix clone.

noob:
the lying bastards.

hm_murdock:
Actually, it's a crudely constructed CP/M clone that was made for Apple IIs and old 8080 machines. Quick and Dirty Operating System. I think it was done by a guy at a software firm to see if he could. MS bought this hack and sold it as MS-DOS.

I've heard stories that the original author built it in one afternoon while dropping acid. I wonder about the validity of the one afternoon bit, but some amount of LSD would be required to make DOS.

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