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From: uccjcm@ecsvax.UUCP (Jonathon C. McLendon IV)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: DOS 3.2 CNTL-S & CNTL-Q
Message-ID: <3527@ecsvax.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 11-Jul-87 11:47:08 EDT
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Posted: Sat Jul 11 11:47:08 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 12-Jul-87 16:04:59 EDT
References: <9.352645a231@chemo.uucp>
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Summary: You're hitting Ctrl-Q twice in a row

In article <9.352645a231@chemo.uucp>, brian@chemo.uucp (Brian J. McGinness) writes:
> I have noticed something about cntl-s in DOS that bothers me.
> When I attempt to pause some output by using cntl-s, and resume with
> cntl-q, this only works about 15 times. After that, it refuses to pause
> no matter what you do. I have a lister, but sometimes I still type files
> and try to suspend and resume their output. Any ideas? Pls email to:
> chemo!brian@wrl.epi.com     :INTERNET
    The problem is that you are hitting ctrl-Q twice in a row.
    If you do this, ctrl-s no longer works. The solution,
    use ctrl-s to both start and stop the output (or use scroll-lock).