Re: OEM String

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From: Denis Beauregard
Date: Wed, 02 Sep 1992 16:41

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In article <17rastINNb02@matt.ksu.ksu.edu> danodom@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Dan Odom) writes:
>How do I figure out what the "OEM string" is in MS-DOS 5.0?  Neither of
>the "standard" services for discovering version stuff (30h and 3306h)
>returns it, and I can't find a reference to it anywhere in the programmer's
>reference.  Also, is there a DR-DOS programmer's reference?  Is it worth
>getting or should I use the MS one?
>
>Pls. reply via email.
>-- 
>Dan Odom             
>danodom@matt.ksu.ksu.edu

Maybe it is the 8 characters that appear in one of the 1st sectors
in a formatted disk?  These are to identify what OEM DOS it is
(because MS-DOS is usually distributed by and adaptated to some
specific vendor machine).

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