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Prompt disappearing when setting ECHO to off on commandline

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First post, by jal

Posted on 2004-02-06, 08:48

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When answering another thread, I discovered that typing "echo off" on the DOSbox commandprompt makes the prompt itself disappear. I'm pretty sure that's not original DOS behaviour. So is this intentional, or some by-effect?

JAL

Reply 1 of 3, by Harekiet

Posted on 2004-02-06, 09:08

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did you actually bother to try it in dos before posting?

Reply 2 of 3, by jal

Posted on 2004-02-06, 10:46

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Harekiet wrote:
did you actually bother to try it in dos before posting?

Well, since the only DOS version I have at hand is a Windows command-prompt, I must admit I haven't on DOS 6.22 or below. If the disappearing of the prompt is actual original DOS behaviour, I stand corrected, and appologize for making this post (not to mention that I really have to dust off my memory 😀).

JAL

Reply 3 of 3, by Snover

Posted on 2004-02-08, 23:37

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Here's a dustpan. Get going. 😀

Yes, it’s my fault.

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