From:	John DOT Turner AT pobox DOT com (John A. Turner)
Subject:	Re: dll, java, gcc, cygwin
24 Oct 1998 17:49:34 -0700 :
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"Philip A. Larson" wrote:
> 
> Paul, and others.
> 
> I have the following problems when running Cygwin / Qub perl on my Windows 95 machine. Any ideas?
> 
> 1.)  The BASH shell, indeed the whole bloody computer locks up if you try to run some DOS commands or programs.  The Cygwin FAQ talks about lock-ups with Ctrl-C and downloading a USB patch from OSR2, but I don't thinks it applies.

Don't be so sure.  I had consistent, repeatable lockups under 95 until I
applied the USB patch.

Thankfully, I no longer use that godforsaken OS with Cygwin.  Now I only
use Cygwin on NT (which is slightly less godforsaken).

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