Re: Dangerous bug in CHKDSK that comes with MS-DOS 5.0 (PC)

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1 total messages Started by Nick Leverton Tue, 15 Dec 1992 22:10

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Author: Nick Leverton
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 22:10

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pd@nwavbbs.demon.co.uk (Peter Duffield) writes:
>mramey@u.washington.edu writes:
>
>>How can you tell if you have MS-DOS version 5.00a or not ?
..
>There is an undocumented switch to the "ver" command...  If you type 
>"ver /r" it will give you not only the version number but the revision
>as well. Mine gives the following response...
> 
>    C:\>ver /r
>
>    MS-DOS Version 5.00
>    Revision A

Unfortunately the 04/09/91 version of MS-DOS 5 *also* claims to be
Version 5.00 Revision A. I know: I still use it :-( This seems to
reduce its utility in detecting which version of DOS5 you have.

Nick.

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