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[hurricandave]

You are NOT in direct control of the hardware inside a PC!

[BTCkuku]

 I can see it   

[hurricandave]

Don't delete Dots!   When you use the DIR command in any directory other than the root directory, the first two entries in the listing are "." and ".."  simply dots. Do Not try to delete any of these dots, or you could delete most or all of the files on your hard disk. Also, never delete a file called COMMAND.COM or any files in your DOS directory. 

[bitgeek]

Don't delete Dots!   When you use the DIR command in any directory other than the root directory, the first two entries in the listing are "." and ".."  simply dots. Do Not try to delete any of these dots, or you could delete most or all of the files on your hard disk. Also, never delete a file called COMMAND.COM or any files in your DOS directory. 

Good tip Where were you when I nuked my 486?

[hurricandave]

Probably still fawning over the thought that my neighbor might give me his coffee stained, cigarette charred 286 before it bit the dust! My Taiwan ALOHA 50 (Apple II+ Clone) out lasted my G-Shock!!!! I got stuck using DOS 3.0 till XP SP2!

[hurricandave]

If you are curios enough about C++ and wanted to find some good info and links try this one. www.research.att.com/~bs/C++.html