OS/2 DOS compatible box

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From: William Wong
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 1990 20:01

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I have a question concerning the OS/2 DOS compatible box.

How does a DOS program detect that it's running in the OS/2 DOS compatible
box?

I have tried using the INT 21 service 30h to get the DOS version.  It
returns AL=10, AH=10 when run under OS/2 version 1.10.  Now the minor
version in AH seems correct, but I am not so sure about the major version
number in AL.  Does OS/2 DOS compatible box always return its version
number times 10 to distinguish itself from the regular DOS?

William

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From: william@ashtate (William Wong)
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Subject: OS/2 DOS compatible box
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