From: jj4public@gmail.com   
      
   On Sat, 25 Oct 2025 00:56:27 +0100, Eirik Øverby wrote:   
      
   > Hola!   
   >   
   > I'm an old fart who, like so many other old farts, (re)discovered DOS   
   > and old PCs and all the fun and non-fun that go with it. I was pretty   
   > excited to sign up for eternal-september and get back into News, and   
   > alt.msdos.batch sounded real promising because, well, I'm writing a lot   
   > of .BAT files now. Just like I did in my pre-teen years. :D   
   >   
   > But most of the talk here is about Windows batch files. Which, last I   
   > checked, bears but a faint resemblance to MS-DOS .BAT files.   
   >   
   > Is this just how it has become, or is there some other group where   
   > actual MS-DOS batch stuff is discussed?   
   >   
   > Or alternatively, is all that is needed someone to ask/talk about it for   
   > this group to reclaim its former glory? :)   
   >   
   > Grumpy old greets,   
   > /ltning   
      
   Whatever happened here, this is still an MS-DOS group. You can still   
   ask/post about MS-DOS batch file. It's at least, why I'm still here for.   
      
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