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RPH0470@tntech.bitnet (Richard Hosker) writes:
>Mike Ramey <mramey@u.washington.edu> writes:
>
>> How can you tell if you have MS-DOS version 5.00a or not ?

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>I don't have a definitve answer to the question Mike posed, but I can report
>one way you *can't* tell which version you have... :-/
>
>The VER/R command returns the following for **both** versions:
>
>        DOS 5.00
>        Revision A
>        DOS in <low,high> memory
>
>(The wording may not be exact here, but the Revision A part is correct.)
>I have tested this on both versions, dates 04-09-91 and 11-11-91.

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Hmm, this is strange. I also have DOS 5.0 on my machine (but ask me
about Linux!), and I tried this, just for kicks. I don't remember
every character of the output, but I'm quite sure that it said, among
other things, "DOS 5.0", NOT "DOS 5.00", and the "Revision A" was
definitely missing. I don't remember the exact date on which I bought
the upgrade, but it was quite early on; late April or early May? It
was a special offer from Egghead, $39.95.
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