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From: micro@imada.dk (Klaus Pedersen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: TOS Version (was Veriosn)
Message-ID: <1991Jan21.180106.11546@imada.dk>
Date: 21 Jan 91 18:01:06 GMT
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apratt@atari.UUCP (Allan Pratt) writes:
>The definite way to tell is to read the OS header.  A pointer to the OS
>header is at $4f2, and the TOS version number is found in the second
>word of the OS header.  For example, $0102 there means TOS 1.2.

What is your numbering algoritm? How do we compare TOS versions?
The number $102 implies a number seq. 1.0, 1.2, 1.4, 1.6, ..., 1.10, 1.12 -
doesn't it? 
But the actual numbering is ..., 1.6, 1.62, ($106, $162), what is to be 
expected next?

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>Opinions expressed above do not necessarily	-- Allan Pratt, Atari Corp.
>reflect those of Atari Corp. or anyone else.	  ...ames!atari!apratt

- Klaus (micro@imada.dk)