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2024-08-22 00:02:09

DesertFOX on Nostr: Okay, I just learned something.. but it also gave me quite a headache! I had received ...

Okay, I just learned something.. but it also gave me quite a headache!

I had received an "Incorrect MS-DOS version" error message from EDLIN.EXE, when running it from an official MS-DOS 6 Supplemental Disk from within MS-DOS 6. That... shouldn't happen.

Took me a few moments to figure that one out. Several days ago, I had upgraded that very 86Box installation from MS-DOS 5.0 to 6.0. Because of this, SETVER.EXE still remembered EDLIN.EXE to be a "5.00" application, which confused the modern EDLIN.EXE to throw that error message. It worked fine again after I removed it from the version table.

Let's just say, I had the urge to slam my head into a wall for a moment.

That was fun!

#MSDOS #RetroComputing #AdminLife #86Box #Emulation

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