Here's our Windows NT Tip for.. March 10, 1998
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NT 4.0 Command Prompt Commands
You probably haven't tried this little trick since back in your DOS days, but in case you want to change the PROMPT display while running NT's Command Prompt, here's a list of prompt commands.

Command/Result

$A & Ampersand

$B | Pipe

$C ( Open parenthesis

$D Current date

$E Escape code (ASCII code 27)

$F ) Close parenthesis

$G > greater-than sign

$H Backspace (erases previous character)

$L < Less-than sign

$N Current drive

$P Current drive with path

$Q = Equal sign

$S Space

$T Current time

$V Windows NT version number

$_ Carriage return and linefeed

$$ $ Dollar sign