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- Release Notes for DOS/NT version 1.02
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- Differences between release 1.02 and 1.0:
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- 1. Partitions >32 MB are now supported with this release.
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- 2. Undocumented get/set switchar is now supported.
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- 3. A new utility, sys.exe, is now supplied to create bootable floppies.
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- The following differences exist between DOS/NT kernel and MS-DOS:
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- 1. The following interrupts are supported:
- 20h
- 21h
- 22h
- 23h
- 24h
- 27h
- 28h
- 2fh
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- 2. Interrupts 28h and 2fh are stubs in this version.
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- 3. A separate list, int21.txt, is provided to document the supported DOS int
- 21h functions.
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- 4. Directory updates do not occur until the final open handle to a file is
- closed.
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- 5. Seeks past eof on files with write permission do not extend the file.
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- 6. Reading of config.sys is disabled for this release.
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- 7. Invalid function calls cause a register dump.
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- 7. There are no drivers for aux and lpt devices in this release.
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- 8. Command line editing does not support insert and delete.
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- 10. Error Handling is done entirely within the kernel.
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- The following differences exist between DOS/NT command.com and MS-DOS:
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- 1. The command cls is not supported.
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- 2. Pipes are not supported.
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- 3. The dir command does not support the sort option.
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- 4. The copy command does not support append and device drivers.
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