Newsgroups: rec.games.int-fiction From: forbes@cbnewsf.cb.att.com (Scott Forbes) Subject: Re: Dos 6 Date: Sun, 24 Oct 1993 18:58:02 GMT +-- kxd@genrad.com (Kevin J. Dodge) writes: | Ah, yes, the famous "Dos 6" text adventure. >TYPE "A:INSTALL" Your floppy disk hums and spins. A dialog box appears, saying: ,------------------------------------------, | Don't you want your hard disk formatted? | | ,----------, ,----------, | | | Yes | | No | | | '----------' '----------' | >'------------------------------------------' >HIT CRTL-ALT-DEL [Your score goes down 1 point.] The computer boots from the floppy in your A: drive, and a dialog box appears saying: ,-------------------------------------------------------------, | A:\WINDOWS.INI not found, delete all Windows files instead? | | ,----------, ,----------, ,----------, | | | OK | | Sure | | Go ahead | | | '----------' '----------' '----------' | '-------------------------------------------------------------' >EJECT FLOPPY The floppy drive seems unwilling to let go of the floppy. >FORCE IT With a sickening grinding noise, the floppy is ejected. >HIT CTRL-ALT-DEL [Your score goes down 1 point.] The computer reboots. You are at the C:\> prompt. >INSERT FLOPPY You put the floppy back into the drive. >TYPE "A:CONFIG" The drive hums for a moment, then a dialog box appears: ,------------------------------------------------, | Error reading drive A. Do you want to abort, | | retry, or format every available drive? | | ,----------, ,----------, ,----------, | | | Spam | | Spam | | Spam | | | '----------' '----------' '----------' | '------------------------------------------------' >QUIT You can't quit. This is real life. >YELL Aaaarrrrrgh! >SCORE You have a total of -12742 points, in 746059261 moves. This score gives you a rank of Macintosh Enthusiast.