Sometimes You Have to Lie to Your Computer: DOS 5.0 and PASSPORT

Abstract

Considers the problems that can be encountered when using DOS 5.0 with software such as PASSPORT. Discusses ways of circumventing incompatibility problems using DOS 5.0′s Setver command, as a step‐by‐step process: edit Config.sys, instruct Setver, and rebooting the computer. Concludes that the Setver command exists as a “lie” to make DOS 5.0 files acceptable, and as such is necessary when running programs incompatible with it.

Citation

Speed Hensinger, J. (1991), "Sometimes You Have to Lie to Your Computer: DOS 5.0 and PASSPORT", OCLC Micro, Vol. 7 No. 6, pp. 26-27. https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000003676