MS-DOS type-ahead buffer limit?

From: Sam Ismail <dastar_at_ncal.verio.com>
Date: Tue Oct 20 23:49:01 1998

Does anyone know why MS decided to limit the type-ahead buffer in MS-DOS
to 16 characters? Also, why they never increased this over time?

Basically on-topic. I really want to know because I've always cursed it.

Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar_at_siconic.com
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