Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!ginosko!uunet!mcvax!ukc!edcastle!erck12 From: erck12@castle.ed.ac.uk (G Ballinger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: DOS 4.00/4.01 Keywords: dos version Message-ID: <184@castle.ed.ac.uk> Date: 18 Aug 89 15:07:38 GMT References: <851@orbit.UUCP> Reply-To: erck12@castle.ed.ac.uk (G Ballinger) Organization: Edinburgh University Computing Service Lines: 17 Distribution: In article <851@orbit.UUCP> joe@pnet51.cts.com (Jim Henderson) writes: >To find out what version of DOS you are using, boot up from a system diskette >and type the command "VER". This will give you a message saying what version >of DOS you are using. Under PC DOS 4.01, "VER" identifies itself as DOS 4.00 . I guess this is due to the upgrade being brought out in a hurry after all the bugs were found in the first release. Maybe IBM didn't want to admit that they could release a product with bugs in it! -- Geoff Ballinger, JANET: Geoff@Ed.Ac.Uk CS/AI, ARPA: Geoff%Uk.Ac.Ed@nsfnet-relay.Ac.Uk Edinburgh University. UUCP: ...!uunet!mcvax!ukc!Ed.Ac.Uk!Geoff