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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Matt Gies (talk | contribs) at 01:17, 23 January 2007 (→"Abort, Retry, Ignore, Fail?"?: question). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

I would like to see the "popular culture references" section returned. I think it is interesting to see how a relatively obscure operating system error message entered the wider culture and became a relatively well-known phrase. It seems to me that wider use is what makes a simple DOS error message worthy of an encyclopedia article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Seitz (talk • contribs)

I agree. The crossover into popular culture is definitely worthy of mention. I've restored the section, but it would be nice if it was expanded, or if more examples were added. Ae-a 13:22, 31 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I remember that CP/M on my good old CPC 664 displayed a similar message and I suppose that the CP/M one is the "orginal". I think, it went "(R)etry, (I)gnore or (F)ailure?". Anybody out there who remebers more? Simon A. 19:29, 10 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Use In Windows

Windows 95 has an Abort, Retry, Ignore error that is similar to the MS-DOS Abort, Retry, Fail. I only know of this in Windows 9x.

"Abort, Retry, Ignore, Fail?"?

I don't have an old computer handy to check for myself, but didn't the four-option version actually read, Abort, Retry, Fail, Ignore? I thought that "Ignore" came last when available. Can somebody verify this with old hardware? Matt Gies 01:17, 23 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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