From: "Michael Stewart" <mike AT reggin DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: djgpp loses characters when pasting to DOS
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 21:07:52 -0000
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Norman D. Megill wrote in message <784uli$ri0 AT northshore DOT shore DOT net>...
>In article <784s17$5cv$1 AT antares DOT lu DOT erisoft DOT se>,
>Martin Stromberg <Martin DOT Stromberg AT lu DOT erisoft DOT se> wrote:
>>Norman D. Megill (ndm AT shore DOT net) wrote:
>>: Help!  Cut-and-paste from a text editor into DOS is losing characters
>>: when used with djgpp programs.  This does not happen with the lcc
>>: compiler, nor with standard DOS utilities.  It happens even with "fast
>>: pasting" turned off in DOS.  I downloaded the latest djgpp as of 1/20/99
>>: and the bug is still there.
>>
>>: By the way something seems to have degraded over time on my machine
>>: where this bug used to not happen very often, then more frequently, and
>>: now all the time.  Wierd.
>>
>>: I have Windows 95 on a Gateway 2300 laptop purchased 2/98.  The problem
>>: happens with both:  djdev201.zip/gcc2721b.zip and
djdev202.zip/gcc281b.zip.
>>: (BTW how do I find out the version of DOS?  There seems to be no
"About.."
>>: button on the DOS window and MS has also removed the "HELP" command...)
>>
>>Type "ver" at a DOZE prompt.
>
>It doesn't tell me the DOS version. It says:
>D:\r>ver
>
>Windows 95. [Version 4.00.1111]
>
This is the version of D0$ you are running :-) as you are running under
Windoze 95, D0$ reports that as the version number.

To get the real version, just restart the computer in D0$ mode (or shut down
and type at the 'it is now safe to turn your machine off': "mode co80").
Type "ver" at this DOS prompt and you'll probably get
Version 7.0

Joys of running M$ products