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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