Q21973: CTRL+BREAK Doesn’t Break Program on Tandy 1000; Use CTRL+HOLD

Article: Q21973
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 2.00 2.01 3.00 4.00 4.00b 4.50
Operating System(s): MS-DOS
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | B_BasicCom | mspl13_basic
Last Modified: 11-JAN-1990

On a Tandy 1000, running a program from the QuickBASIC editor, the
CTRL+BREAK key sequence does not break execution of the program.

This is not a problem with QuickBASIC but is rather a nonstandard
keyboard sequence on the Tandy 1000. CTRL+HOLD should be used instead
of CTRL+BREAK on a Tandy 1000. This also applies to the Tandy 1000 SX.

This information applies to the QB.EXE environment in Microsoft
QuickBASIC Versions 2.00, 2.01, 3.00, 4.00, 4.00b, and 4.50 for
MS-DOS, to QB.EXE in Microsoft BASIC Compiler Versions 6.00 and 6.00b
for MS-DOS, and to QBX.EXE in Microsoft BASIC PDS Version 7.00 for
MS-DOS.

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