Subj : Re: FreeDOS vs MS-DOS
To   : acn
From : Nightfox
Date : Thu Feb 15 2024 13:52:49

  Re: Re: FreeDOS vs MS-DOS
  By: acn to Nightfox on Thu Feb 15 2024 02:18 pm

 ac> This is known as the "AARD" code in Windows 3.1. But it was only active in
 ac> a beta version of Win3.1 and not in the release version, although it was
 ac> kept in the software. Digital Research provided an update for DR-DOS 6
 ac> ("business update"), so that DR-DOS would pass the AARD check.

 ac> So, it is absolutely possible to use Windows 3.1 on DR-DOS/Novell DOS/
 ac> OpenDOS.

 ac> See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AARD_code

Ah, interesting...

Nightfox
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