ReadKey like Function in C

Peter da Silva peter at ficc.uu.net
Mon Aug 21 12:22:47 AEST 1989


Warning... malicious MS-DOS reminiscence ahead.

In article <13653 at bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU>, scs at adam.pika.mit.edu (Steve Summit) writes:
> 	format
> 	formatting disk C: -- press any key to continue

I got bit by that too, but in my case it was on an early version of DOS,
which provided the wonderfully malicious message:

	Insert a floppy in drive C: and hit RETURN.

Ah yes...
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