Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!gatech!bloom-beacon!think!ames!sdcsvax!nosc!humu!uhmanoa!uhccux!todd From: todd@uhccux.UUCP (The Perplexed Wiz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: DOS 3.2 CNTL-S & CNTL-Q Message-ID: <674@uhccux.UUCP> Date: Fri, 10-Jul-87 14:14:00 EDT Article-I.D.: uhccux.674 Posted: Fri Jul 10 14:14:00 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 12-Jul-87 12:28:48 EDT References: <9.352645a231@chemo.uucp> Reply-To: todd@uhccux.UUCP (The Perplexed Wiz) Organization: U. of Hawaii, Manoa (Honolulu) Lines: 19 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 Just so people don't get confused (or at least no more confused than I am :-)...No version of PC/MS-DOS I have used actaully supports a true kybd/screen XON/XOFF. Try this...Start a long file scrolling on your screen. Then press ^S to pause...Now press ^S again (or any other key). Voila. XON/Xfoo. Actually, I think Microsoft wants us to press ScrollLock. But I prefer using one of the 'more' or 'less' filters for the PC to view files rather than dealing with the MS-DOS XON/Xfoo...todd -- Todd Ogasawara, U. of Hawaii Center for Teaching Excellence UUCP: {ihnp4,seismo,ucbvax,dcdwest}!sdcsvax!nosc!uhccux!todd ARPA: uhccux!todd@nosc.MIL INTERNET: todd@uhccux.UHCC.HAWAII.EDU