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From: dlyons@Apple.COM (David Lyons)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: ProDOS Version # - How does my program find out?
Keywords: ProDOS 8
Message-ID: <34529@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 5 Sep 89 03:48:15 GMT
References: <1795@sactoh0.UUCP>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <1795@sactoh0.UUCP> mholtz@sactoh0.UUCP (Mark A. Holtz) writes:
>I have an interesting question. How does one find out, from a
>program, the version number of ProDOS 8 it is running under?

You can't find out in the same terms the user sees--you can't get a
version number like "1.1.1" or "1.8".

What you can do is look at location $BFFF (called KVERSION, for Kernal
Version, I think).  For ProDOS 8 1.8 the value is 8 (as I just determined
experimentally).

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