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- From: beaurega@ireq.hydro.qc.ca (Denis Beauregard)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
- Subject: Re: OEM String
- Keywords: OEM, DOS, version
- Message-ID: <BtyMDF.Lp3@ireq.hydro.qc.ca>
- Date: 2 Sep 92 16:41:39 GMT
- References: <17rastINNb02@matt.ksu.ksu.edu>
- Sender: news@ireq.hydro.qc.ca (Netnews Admin)
- Organization: Institut de recherche d'Hydro-Quebec, Varennes, Canada
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- In article <17rastINNb02@matt.ksu.ksu.edu> danodom@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Dan Odom) writes:
- >How do I figure out what the "OEM string" is in MS-DOS 5.0? Neither of
- >the "standard" services for discovering version stuff (30h and 3306h)
- >returns it, and I can't find a reference to it anywhere in the programmer's
- >reference. Also, is there a DR-DOS programmer's reference? Is it worth
- >getting or should I use the MS one?
- >
- >Pls. reply via email.
- >--
- >Dan Odom
- >danodom@matt.ksu.ksu.edu
-
- Maybe it is the 8 characters that appear in one of the 1st sectors
- in a formatted disk? These are to identify what OEM DOS it is
- (because MS-DOS is usually distributed by and adaptated to some
- specific vendor machine).
-
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