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NL20 i386SL notebook

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by masakeo1

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I would like to open operating system on this notebook and I cannot find a command to let me operate the laptop. What should I do to find out what operating system is being used?

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by marence

Do you get a DOS prompt at startup? If so, try typing "win" (without the quotes) and press enter. 386s usually ran either just DOS, or Dos and Windows 3.1

by jdkline

I'm not sure what you mean by "I cannot find a command to let me operate the laptop", but the DOS command to find what which version is VER.

I assume that 'can not operate laptop' means you can't turn it on. Most laptops of that vintage (i386) have dead batteries. If you remove the batteries and start it using an AC power adapter. If it won't boot use a any Start disk to boot. Look at the date and time of the C:\COMMAND.COM to determine your OS ver. Dates prior to 8/1/95 means your OS is DOS; the date indicates the version number (assuming MS OS).

by jdkline

Correction: The time indicates the version number (ie 6:22 PM for DOS Version 6.22)

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