Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 18:40:58 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Eric Rudd <rudd AT cyberoptics DOT com>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: RMCB bomb
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On 9 Mar 1997, Eric Rudd wrote:

> It still seems to have something to do with typing ahead during a
> compilation.

How much typeahead (how many keystrokes) are required to bomb it (I want
to try to reproduce the bug on my machine)?  Do you use some kind of
keyboard enhancer that enlarges the 15-character BIOS keyboard buffer?  If
so, try without that enhancer and see if that solves the problem.  Also, 
what exactly are you compiling and in what setup when this happens?  Will 
any compilation do?  Do you use `bash' or any other non-standard 
front-end to DOS?

> "Doctor, it hurts when I do this," only to be told "Well, don't do that!"

A wise policy.  But it requires to know exactly what does ``hurt'' here.

> Has anyone else been having problems of this nature?

Never happened for me.