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From: Ian Miller <itmiller AT dra DOT hmg DOT gb>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: abort() disrupts Win95
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 12:53:01 +0100
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Jeremy Cooke wrote:
> 
> In message <3222E1D6 DOT 41C67EA6 AT dra DOT hmg DOT gb>
>         Ian Miller <itmiller AT dra DOT hmg DOT gb> writes:
> 
> > The following program, compiled as C in a Win95 DOS box, writes
> > "Abort!" and then stops as one would expect. But when I hit return
> > at the next DOS prompt Win95 kills my DOS box and tells me I should
> > stop all programs and reboot (although I don't seem to have to). If
> > I run it under old DOS, there is no problem.
> 
> > #include <stdlib.h>
> 
> > int main(int argc, char** argv)
> > {
> >  abort();
> > }
> 
> > Not too complicated, huh?
> 
> > Could somebody else try this on Win95 to see whether this is a
> > general problem or if it is just me, please?
> 
> >DJGPP 2.00, Win95 DOS box (LFN=n), 486DX4/100, 24Mbytes RAM
> 
> Worked fine for me!
> 
> DJGPP 2.00, Win95 DOS box, Z80A, 2Kbytes RAM :-)

Yeah, me too when I got home and tried it again. Win95 obviously
got itself into a funny state. Typical!

Thanks for trying it though,

Ian