I didn't realize switchar was undocumented. I learned initially on QNX so the /args used to drive me nuts. So needless to say, I used that one.
I'm pretty sure though that I learned about it straight from the DOS manual, which was a 2-ring binder with a LOT of pages in it. I learned Assembler from its surprisingly detailed chapters on the DEBUG command. (Needless to say, MASM and TASM were godsends once I discovered them!)
AVAILDEV is completely new to me though. That one I'm pretty sure wasn't in the manual, because it also seems like one I would have naturally gravitated to.
Great video. Blast from the past with something "new" besides.
BTW: You could put CON in any directory name and it would reference the console just the same. It didn't matter if it was \DEV\CON or \BANANA\CON, it worked just the same. There were a few pranks played using this "device" quirk.
I'm pretty sure though that I learned about it straight from the DOS manual, which was a 2-ring binder with a LOT of pages in it. I learned Assembler from its surprisingly detailed chapters on the DEBUG command. (Needless to say, MASM and TASM were godsends once I discovered them!)
AVAILDEV is completely new to me though. That one I'm pretty sure wasn't in the manual, because it also seems like one I would have naturally gravitated to.
Great video. Blast from the past with something "new" besides.
BTW: You could put CON in any directory name and it would reference the console just the same. It didn't matter if it was \DEV\CON or \BANANA\CON, it worked just the same. There were a few pranks played using this "device" quirk.