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Was: Ctrl-Z was never actually an EOF character in MS-DOS (Miscellaneous)

posted by bencollver , 11.02.2026, 19:26

> Hello bencollver,
>
> It turns out that Michal Necasek had written a reply to precisely this
> article, where he basically said, "well actually"...
>
> https://www.os2museum.com/wp/misconceptions-on-top-of-misconceptions/

What a nice follow-up. Thanks for the link! The comments section is also good.

Complete thread:

• Ctrl-Z was never actually an EOF character in MS-DOS - bencollver, 11.02.2026, 16:18 (Miscellaneous)
  • Was: Ctrl-Z was never actually an EOF character in MS-DOS - tkchia, 11.02.2026, 16:43
    • Was: Ctrl-Z was never actually an EOF character in MS-DOS - bencollver, 11.02.2026, 19:26
  • Ctrl-Z was never actually an EOF character in MS-DOS - bretjohn, 12.02.2026, 02:45
    • Ctrl-Z was never actually an EOF character in MS-DOS - bencollver, 12.02.2026, 15:40
      • Ctrl-Z was never actually an EOF character in MS-DOS - bretjohn, 14.02.2026, 02:34