Re: distinguishing between MS and IBM(PC) DOS

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From: Simon Hania
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1990 22:21

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In article <5134@solo6.cs.vu.nl> msschaa@cs.vu.nl (Schaap MS) writes:
>
>Check the root directory of the boot disk for
>IBMBIO.COM and IBMDOS.COM for PC-DOS,
>or MSDOS.SYS and ???.SYS for MS-DOS.
>
>Michael

Sorry, that won't work. Olivetti MS-DOS (>=3.20), for instance, calls 
its system files IBMBIO.COM and IBMDOS.COM too!

Simon

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From: hania@utrcu1.UUCP (Simon Hania)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: distinguishing between MS and IBM(PC) DOS
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Date: 18 Jan 90 22:21:35 GMT
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