Chromedome45
Veteran Member
Can anybody point me in the right direction on how to obtain this piece of
software?
software?
Regular DOS from IBM and Microsoft was already using FAT16 as of version 3.0. They just didn't enable support for partitions larger than 32 MB until DOS 4.0, while Compaq did it earlier. I just formatted a 32 MB partition on my XT clone using genuine IBM PC DOS 3.30 and it is a FAT16 partition. Same thing when using the Packard Bell and Tandy OEM versions of MS-DOS 3.30.What makes Compaq's 3.31 so unique is it supports FAT16 prior to the mainstream DOS doing so, which was in MS-DOS 4. The groundwork for it (16-bit addressing for hdds) was in 3.30, which is how Compaq managed to add it w/o breaking compatibility.
I figured most of you wouldn't know this, so I'd throw it out there.
Regular DOS from IBM and Microsoft was already using FAT16 as of version 3.0. They just didn't enable support for partitions larger than 32 MB until DOS 4.0, while Compaq did it earlier. I just formatted a 32 MB partition on my XT clone using genuine IBM PC DOS 3.30 and it is a FAT16 partition. Same thing when using the Packard Bell and Tandy OEM versions of MS-DOS 3.30.