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Article #1819Re: TOS
From: George Woodside
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 1989 11:58
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 1989 11:58
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In article <1550@atari.UUCP> apratt@atari.UUCP (Allan Pratt) writes:
...[edited]
>Sversion() only gives the version number for GEMDOS, and that didn't
>change between original ROMs and Mega ROMs. The TOS version number is
>available as the second word of the OS header, whose address can be
>found at _sysbase, $4f2.
The GEMDOS version is changed with the release of TOS 1.4, I see from
and earlier posting.
So, when software wishes to take advantage of TOS 1.4 features (such as
the improved file selector), should the feature be enabled via the
Sversion call, or a check of the OS header?
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*George R. Woodside - Citicorp/TTI - Santa Monica, CA
*Path: ..!{philabs|csun|psivax}!ttidca!woodside
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!philmtl!philabs!ttidca!woodside From: woodside@ttidca.TTI.COM (George Woodside) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: TOS Message-ID: <4601@ttidca.TTI.COM> Date: 15 Jun 89 11:58:50 GMT References: <8906090105.AA10969@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> <1550@atari.UUCP> Reply-To: woodside@ttidcb.tti.com (George Woodside) Organization: Citicorp/TTI, Santa Monica Lines: 16