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June work
2025-06-29
Mid late May rambling
2025-05-18
No work done this week (again).
2025-05-25
No work done this week either. Have an overview of all the work done on lDOS / lMS-DOS.
April to early May update
2025-05-11
In April I was sick for several weeks. I didn't get much done during that time, and little since. However, a few things did get done.
While creating the file for this blog post the HP 95LX complained about the file system being read only. This was quickly resoled by flipping the switch at the outer side of the memory card.
MS-DOS v3.40 versus v4.00
I have recently referred to the "v3.40 branch" of MS-DOS. This refers to the v4.00 and v4.01 versions that are well known and that have shipped most sources in the 2024 April release.
The v3.40 distinction is as opposed to the "European MS-DOS v4.00", "Multitasking MS-DOS", or the "v4.00 Ozzie" version. This one unfortunately lacks most of its sources.
Now, where does "v3.40" come from? There are two sources of this term:
