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During the summer of 1995, [[Stephane Charette‎]] wrote a little utility to "trap" a co-worker. Download [http://web.archive.org/web/19990129031832/http://cyniska.ubishops.ca/os2/fun/trap.zip TRAP.ZIP] to get both the application and the source code. Then run the executable from the command line or put it in the startup folder. If you're really daring, you may even want to try the following:
{{Software
 
|Picture=trap.png
    reboot using ALT-F1 and choose option 'C' to get to a command prompt,
|Version=(1995-07-31)
    rename the file \OS2\PMSHELL.EXE to \OS2\PMSHELL.OLD,
|Author=[[Stéphane Charette‎]]
    copy TRAP.EXE to \OS2\PMSHELL.EXE
|License=BSD 3 Clauses
    reboot  
|Download={{FileLink|Trap_1995-07-31.zip}}
 
}}
Note that when run from the command line or the startup folder, a simple CTRL-C or CTRL-BREAK will terminate it, while the above 4 steps will not give you the option to press CTRL-C or CTRL-BREAK.  
During the summer of 1995, [[Stéphane Charette]] wrote a little utility to "trap" a co-worker. Download [http://web.archive.org/web/19990129031832/http://cyniska.ubishops.ca/os2/fun/trap.zip TRAP.ZIP] to get both the application and the source code. Then run the executable from the command line or put it in the startup folder. If you're really daring, you may even want to try the following:
reboot using ALT-F1 and choose option 'C' to get to a command prompt,
rename the file \OS2\PMSHELL.EXE to \OS2\PMSHELL.OLD,
copy TRAP.EXE to \OS2\PMSHELL.EXE
reboot
Note that when run from the command line or the startup folder, a simple CTRL-C or CTRL-BREAK will terminate it, while the above 4 steps will not give you the option to press CTRL-C or CTRL-BREAK.


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Latest revision as of 14:49, 22 December 2024

TRAP
Version (1995-07-31)
Vendor
Author Stéphane Charette‎
License BSD 3 Clauses
Download Trap_1995-07-31.zip
Website

During the summer of 1995, Stéphane Charette wrote a little utility to "trap" a co-worker. Download TRAP.ZIP to get both the application and the source code. Then run the executable from the command line or put it in the startup folder. If you're really daring, you may even want to try the following:

reboot using ALT-F1 and choose option 'C' to get to a command prompt,
rename the file \OS2\PMSHELL.EXE to \OS2\PMSHELL.OLD,
copy TRAP.EXE to \OS2\PMSHELL.EXE
reboot

Note that when run from the command line or the startup folder, a simple CTRL-C or CTRL-BREAK will terminate it, while the above 4 steps will not give you the option to press CTRL-C or CTRL-BREAK.