Coupla Weird Things

[Humpty]

May be different on Vista?

 

Try and create a Folder anywhere on the Computer named as “CON, ON, PRN, AUX, CLOCK$, NUL, COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, COM5, COM6, COM7, COM8, COM9, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, LPT4, LPT5, LPT6, LPT7, LPT8, LPT9 “.

 

Open your microsoft Word and type or c+p =rand (200, 99) and press “Enter”

[YoKenny]

From what I remember of the old DOS days those were reserved names used for devices that connect to the system.

 

It was fun sending initialization strings to the modem through COM1 to set the number of bits, parity and speed of communication.

 

The good old days when 1200BPS was considered fast.

[Yorkshireman]

 

That Microsoft Word one is cool. First, and last, time my MS Word will see 500+ pages.