Re: DOS Box Programming

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From: Timothy F. Sipples
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 23:08

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In article <1992Dec14.180704.29564@wicat.com> kevin@wicat.com (Kevin Vigor) writes:
>>Hi, I am wondering about programming a serial communication programme in DOS
>>but would like to make it "OS/2 aware".  Thus I have the following questions.
>>   1.  Is there a way to detect if a programme is operation in OS/2 2.0's
>>       dos box ?
>A question I'd like an answer to myself; however, at the moment, I am just 
>checking the DOS version; if the major version is 20 or higher, I assume
>I'm dealing with OS/2 2.x or better.

How about looking for an OS/2 2.x-specific file that will always be in
the same location?

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Subject: Re: DOS Box Programming
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