> ; Check for presence of \dev\ (Dam multiplan!) [0] I assume this refers to the spreadsheet application. [0] https://github.com/microsoft/MS-DOS/blob/main/v4

> ; Check for presence of \dev\ (Dam multiplan!) [0] I assume this refers to the spreadsheet application. [0] https://github.com/microsoft/MS-DOS/blob/main/v4.0/src/DOS/DIR2.ASM#L1128C1-L1130C2 https://github.com/microsoft/MS-DOS/blob/main/v4.0/src/DOS/D... EDT: That one policy hadn't quite gone into effect yet ;-) [1] [1] https://github.com/microsoft/MS-DOS/blob/main/v4.0/src/CMD/COMMAND/TMISC1.ASM#L309 https://github.com/microsoft/MS-DOS/blob/main/v4.0/src/CMD/C... For posterity... > RESEARCH: > invoke path_search ; find the mother (result in execpath) > or AX, AX ; did we find anything? > je badcomj45 ; null means no (sob) > cmp AX, 04H ; 04H and 08H are .exe and .com > jl rsrch_br1 ; fuckin' sixteen-bit machine ought > jmp execute ; to be able to handle a SIXTEEN-BIT