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Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 13:36:15 -0500
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
From: Paul Derbyshire <pderbysh AT usa DOT net>
Subject: Re: Help with allegro!!!
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At 07:29 PM 2/28/99 +0200, you wrote:
>
>On Sun, 28 Feb 1999, Paul Derbyshire wrote:
>
>> As for removing it altogether, you must have a mighty peculiar definition
>> of a "fully functional OS". An OS with no user interface? You boot it, and
>> then.........what? :-)
>
>I launch Emacs from the Startup directory ;-).

In the autoexec.bat? Guess what interprets that...your friend command.com :-)
Besides, Emacs is a shell (albeit disguised as an editor), rendering your
argument moot ;-)

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