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From: curzon@kaoa01.dec.com (Richard Curzon KAO4-3/7A DTN 621-2196)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: ? HOW TO RECOGNIZE A DOS?
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Date: Mon, 20-Jul-87 12:58:36 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jul 20 12:58:36 1987
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    Too many DOSes for the Atari 8 bit.

    I have a utility that I would like to make smart enough to run
on any DOS.  For Sparta and OSS, I would like to have it pick up the 
filename from the command line -- I have the documentation on how to
do it for Spartados, and apparently the OSS DOSes are consistent.

    However, I would like it to work with other DOSes.  If I can 
identify that the DOS loaded is not a command line DOS, the 
program will display a filename prompt.

    Only catch is, how do I identify the DOS?  Is there any reliable 
trick to identify?

    PLEASE ANSWER BY MAIL, our local mailing list is non-func at
the moment....            Thanks

				Dick Curzon
				Digital Equipment of Canada
                                PO Box 13000
                                Kanata Ontario      K2K 2A6
                                Canada.

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