Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!ut-sally!husc6!rutgers!labrea!decwrl!kaoa01.dec.com!curzon From: curzon@kaoa01.dec.com (Richard Curzon KAO4-3/7A DTN 621-2196) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit Subject: ? HOW TO RECOGNIZE A DOS? Message-ID: <10955@decwrl.DEC.COM> Date: Mon, 20-Jul-87 12:58:36 EDT Article-I.D.: decwrl.10955 Posted: Mon Jul 20 12:58:36 1987 Date-Received: Tue, 21-Jul-87 05:52:24 EDT Sender: daemon@decwrl.DEC.COM Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Lines: 27 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. (DEC E-NET) KAOA01::CURZON (UUCP) {decvax, ucbvax, allegra}!decwrl!kaoa01.dec.com!curzon (ARPA) curzon%kaoa01.DEC@decwrl.ARPA