Contributor: FRED JOHNSON { If you ever wanted to tell what Operating System Mode you are using, this /ditty/ will do the trick. It sets a global integer to a value which represents the Mode being used. There is also a demo_prog at the end of the unit. } unit mode; interface var OperatingMode : integer; { This integer holds a value of 0, 1, 2 or 3, which is an indicator if the machine is in: Dos Mode (0), Windows Standard Mode (1), Windows Enhanced Mode (2), DESQview mode (3); } implementation function wincheck : integer; begin asm mov ax, $4680 int $2f mov dl, $1 or ax, ax jz @finished mov ax, $1600 int $2f mov dl, $2 or al, al jz @Not_Win cmp al, $80 jne @finished @Not_Win: mov ax, $1022 mov bx, $0 int $15 mov dl, $3 cmp bx, $0a01 je @finished xor dl, dl @finished: xor ah, ah mov al, dl mov @Result, ax end; end; begin OperatingMode := Wincheck; end. program Use_Mode; uses mode; const xModeStringArr : Array[0..3] of string[16] = ('Dos Mode', 'Windows Standard', 'Windows Enhanced', 'DESQview Mode'); begin Write(xModeStringArr[OperatingMode]); end.