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   Etienne von Wettingfeld to Christian Potzinger   
   Re: Just a test   
   13 Mar 08 09:34:09   
   
   From: etienne@xs4none.nl.invalid   
      
   In article ,   
    Christian Potzinger  wrote:   
      
   > Etienne von Wettingfeld maltreated the Keyboard with following:   
   >   
   > >> OPEN 15,8,15,"NEW:Maligant,00":CLOSE 15   
   >   
   > > Ah, where is the time that the knowledge of   
   > > formatting a floppy awarded you guru status?   
   >   
   > Since CD's cost less than a Day's Work... i guess...   
      
   Even they are turning retro now, it's all about usb sticks. Would be   
   cool to own a 64KB usb stick with Commodore logo!   
      
   > > Instant diety status if you knew the /q option in MS-DOS.   
   >   
   > /caution.on   
   > And if not? Instant Agony?   
      
   /q stands for quick and just erased the index basicly, without /q it did   
   a real format that took much longer.   
      
   I remember people coming to me with floppies asking them to be erased   
   and they were amazed with the /q trick.   
      
   --   
   Etienne von Wettingfeld   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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