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comp.os.msdos.programmer FAQ part 1/5
Section - - What and where is SNIPPETS?

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 Excerpt from the SNIPPETS FAQ follows:

     The  SNIPPETS archive, maintained by Bob Stout, contains  public
     domain/freeware portable C/C++ source code & instructional text.
     There are more than 500 files, including:
  
       Approx.  56,000  lines  of  code + approx.  10,000  lines  of
       tutorials.
       Approx. 30% PC-specific, 70% portable
       Approx. 6% C++-specific, 94% C/C++
  
     The  PC-specific functions are system-level utility  code  -  no
     multimedia or GUI code. Tested on all popular PC compilers  plus
     Unix  compilers  where  possible. An  eclectic  collection  with
     everything  from  macros  to complete cut-and-paste  C/C++  code
     solutions & utilities, along with FAQ and instructional files.

 Official SNIPPETS sites: <ftp://ftp.snippets.org/>
 <http://www.snippets.org/>

User Contributions:

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Ben in Seattle
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Jun 2, 2026 @ 4:16 pm
Another solution is to use a parallel port loopback plug. It makes the PC think there is a printer attached. The benefit of this is it doesn't require anticipating the problem with ANSI.SYS escape sequences nor does it make you wait half an hour for the "Abort, Retry, Ignore?" prompt, as some versions of DOS do.

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