Microsoft KB Archive/40228

IBM PC-DOS Technical Reference Supplemental Disk Files PSS ID Number: Q40228 Article last modified on 02-03-1993 PSS database name: O_MSDOS

3.30 3.30a 4.00 4.01

MS-DOS

Summary:

One difference between IBM PC-DOS and Microsoft MS-DOS is the availability of the utilities LINK.EXE and EXE2BIN.EXE. With IBM PC-DOS, starting with Version 3.30, these utilities are no longer included with the normal PC-DOS release, and are instead included with the supplemental disk that comes with the “IBM PC-DOS Technical Reference.” However, EXE2BIN.EXE and LINK.EXE are included on the general MS-DOS release.

The following two additional utilities are included on the IBM PC-DOS Technical Reference supplemental disk, but are not included in the Microsoft MS-DOS release:


 * 1) The LIB.EXE library utility. This tool comes with all of the Microsoft language products, but does not come with MS-DOS itself.
 * 2) VDISK.ASM, the source code for an older release of VDISK.SYS, the IBM virtual disk device driver. This source code does not reflect the latest revision of VDISK.SYS. Microsoft MS-DOS does not include source code to its equivalent driver, RAMDRIVE.SYS.

Additional reference words: 3.30 3.30a 4.00 4.01 noupd

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