Dos

[mikesgroovin]

10 Comm 64 BASIC here....
20 At one time, DOS was a dream!
30 *sigh* GOTO END
END

 

[mikesgroovin]

10 Yea, one time
20 it took me 10-12 hours
30 to make code that just displayed
40 an American flag on
50 the screen. It
60 didn't wave or anything!!!!
70 *sigh* LOL!
80 GOTO END
END

 

[ekÆsine]

oh basic, was that what it was called? i remember using a tutorial book entering those codes into the editor. i remember this one program that made the text change colors, that was trippy.

 

[Qiranworms]

yup me too,........ than i think wow, for such a lil program it still can do more damage than most virus/ trojan. even winXP can't stop a batch file from corrupting itself and deleting all data. i've even tested that, it's pretty fun to watch

Viruses are often in batch format though...which is how many of them do corrupt data. The use that little potentially destructive prompt. The thing in Linux (and maybe Mac now, I'm not sure) is that when trying to do anything major (like deleting or editing system files) the user will get prompted for the root password, thus removing many virus possibilities.

 

[MinDFreeZ]

yea, i feel like a genious when i write batch files at school. For some reason we cant play games.. like solitaire. So I wondered why, then found out because its in the c:/windows/system32 folder, as sol.exe. so i wrote a batch file to call that, it didnt work, but then i tried this:
CALL %SystemRoot%\system32\sol.exe
and boom, I had solitaire, so now everyone asks me to put it on their floppy disk

 

[thrashenskate]

They should make a shell that instead of priting ascii, it prints binary or hex ....lmao that would make u look like a geek then lol

 

[Qiranworms]

I recently discovered something "spylike" you can do. It only looks this way to the layman though who knows little about computers (basically most people). And speedy computers can get ahead of your typing.

>Open cmd.exe
>Type "cd.." and repeat until you are at the root directory
>Change to the OS drive (if you aren't in C: or whatever to begin with)
>Now type "cd windows" (or "cd winnt" if it's an old school NT system) and then "cd system" (or "cd system32" if the system is NT/2000/XP)
>Type "dir" repeatedly and just keep doing so. Chances are you'll see the hundreds of filenames of the system folder flying by the visible area quite fast while you'll be ahead of the system by several "dir"s. When asked what you are doing, type "exit" and wait a few more rounds until it finishes and closes automatically.

Fun

 

[paintballer]

As completely pointless as that is, its pretty fun lol

 

[Jorsoft]

I feel like a pimp when I type in DOS. Then when I discuss commands with techie-friends and use real words for the short commands (Directory for DIR, etc.) and give tips on configuring IRQ's, I become a major Mack Daddy. Remember, half of the fun of DOS games is getting them to work. How many times have you screamed at your old PC when your install program won't recognize your Sound Blaster Clone card?

 

[yashar]

i know i can't get enough of it.... i sometimes try to see if any games are still on my computer so it goes like this..... flightsimulator.exe......ageofempire.exe.....porn.exe....... sumtin like that.