Re: distinguishing between MS and IBM(PC) DOS

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From: Kaleb Keithley
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1990 16:52

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In article <5134@solo6.cs.vu.nl> msschaa@cs.vu.nl (Schaap MS) writes:
>In article <6178@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu> todd@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu (Todd Ogasawara) writes:
>>Does anyone know how to determine whether the current DOS running is MS-DOS
>>(from Microsoft and used on clones) or IBM-DOS (aka PC-DOS from IBM and
>>used on true blue boxes) from within a Microsoft C program?
>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.
                   IO.SYS


Chewey, get us outta here!
                 
kaleb@mars.jpl.nasa.gov             (818)354-8771
Kaleb Keithley

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From: kaleb@mars.jpl.nasa.gov (Kaleb Keithley)
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Subject: Re: distinguishing between MS and IBM(PC) DOS
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