Re: Looking for XyWrite ... looking for DOS?

[MN Ctr for Philosophy of Science mcps@xxxxxxxx]

On Tue, 1 Dec 1998, Yo Intl. wrote:

> I can see it now. XYwrite without the old-fashioned command-line, but
> with a lot of technocolor buttons and an animated picture of Bill Gates

Ahhhh, but the command-line may just be making a comeback.

One of the alternate selections in the current Small Computer Book Club
catalog is _Windows User's Guide to DOS. Using the Command Line in Windows
95/98_. The first paragraph of the precis reads: "It may be true that
MS-DOS is dead as a stand-alone operating system. However, command syntax,
parameters, parsing commands, and troubleshooting are still handled better
from the command line interface than in Windows."

And here's a partial contents:
   Getting Started with the Operating System
   Command Syntax: Using the DIR Command with Parameters and
     Wildcards
   Disks and Formatting
   Program Files, Data Files, and Subdirectories
   Organizing and Managing Your Hard Disk

Seems not so many years ago we were looking at books called _The DOS
User's Guide to Windows_. With almost the same partial contents!

It seems the Great Wheel continues to turn.

Steve Lelchuk
Principal Secretary      User Services Specialist
Minnesota Center for     Department of Philosophy
 Philosophy of Science    University of Minnesota
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