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Re: FW: Chain letter from outer space

• Posted by James Powell <Wizard at DJO.COM> Apr 27, 1997
• 1337 views

>Poster:       Lucius L Hilley III <luciuslhilleyiii at JUNO.COM>
>Subject:      FW: Chain letter from outer space
>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>Dear Earthling,
>
<snip>

And if you think that post was funny, read on:

---- Ripped from the March 1995 issue of Visual Basic Programmers Journal ----

Function ChooseOS$()
        If Exist(DOS) Then
                Do
                        DoEvents
                Loop Until Not Exist(DOS)
        End If

        If Trim$(Windows95$) = Windows$ Then
                If Val(OS2$) = 0 Then
                        Do
                                Run WindowsNT$
                                If Performance(WindowsNT$) < TOLERABLE Then
                                        NTVersion! = NTVersion! + 1
                                Else
                                        ChooseOS$ = WindowsNT$
                                        Exit Function
                                End If
                        Loop Until NTVersion! > OS2Version!
                        ' - - Fall through to Windows 95
                Else
                        Do
                                If Shell(OS2$) = MACINTOSH Then
                                        Call FTC()
                                        ChooseOS$ = Windows95$
                                        Exit Function
                                Else
                                        If Exist(OS2_Device_Drivers) Then
                                                If Exist(OS2_Applications) Then
                                                        Dim OS2Apps(3)
                                                        For I = 1 to 3
                                                                Run OS2Apps(I)
                                                        Next
                                                        If IBM Is
StillInBusiness Then
                                                                ChooseOS$ = OS2$
                                                                Exit Function
                                                        End If
                                                End If
                                        End If
                                End If
                        Loop Until Now = Windows95_ReleaseDate
                        ' - - Fall through to Windows 95
                End If
        End If

        If RamRequired(Windows95$) > FreeMemory() Then
                Call RamSupplier
                Get More_Ram
        End If

        Run Windows95$

        If Not GPF(Windows95$) Then
                ChooseOS$ = Windows95$
        Else
                ' - - Last resort
                Flavor = Int(Rnd(999999) + 1) * 999999
                ChooseOS$ = Unix$(Flavor)
        End If
End Function

------ End Rip ------

James Powell (wizard at djo.com)

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