Ms-dos 6.22

[Hendog]

In the world of radio communications, you often have very old technonlogy that is still "out there" and runing. Currently I have a Motorola application which logs system usage. It's running on a very old machine. It's DOS based.
The machine is running MS-DOS 6.22. What command would I enter to find out which vintage (speed) of processor it has? I think it's a 386 but don't know for sure. Thanks for the help

[slakjaw]

I dont know why motorola wont update anything. Try to program a GM300 or the like. There are still a ton of them out there in use.

[id10t]

Check the bios when it boots.

[VincentVega]

'msd' gives cpu info

[GH85Carrera]

It has been a while since I used DOS but I don't think there is a command for that. You call it is system, I presume it is a computer. When you reboot it the BIOS shows for a shot period. To get into the bios you will have to hit the del or F1 or some other function key. It may well have a prompt like hit F2 for system or some such.

Once you get into the BIOS it will identify the CPU & the memory. Just poke around. Be sure NOT to save any changes when you exit BIOS unless you are real sure you want to change something.

Edit: I forgot about MSD.

I still have a Microst Software Box with a set of DOS 6.22 floppies sitting on the shelf in my closet at home. I even have my Compac DOS 2.1 system floppies.

[Hendog]

Originally Posted by id10t

Check the bios when it boots.

The machine is running. I don't want to shut it down; I'm afraid it might not come back up therefore the question.

[Hendog]

Originally Posted by slakjaw

I dont know why motorola wont update anything. Try to program a GM300 or the like. There are still a ton of them out there in use.

There's no money it it for Moto to do that. They prefer to sell you new stuff.

[Scuba Steve]

No way to crack open the case and have a peek inside without shutting it down?

[red-beard]

My first laptop, still have it, has 6.22 on it. I had to manually load it on there, as the internal diskette was only a 720K.

[Radioactive]

Yes MSD is the command , but if the processor is newer it probably won't tell you to much.