RE: [MiNT] Correct way to detect MiNT kernal?

["Julian Reschke" <julian.reschke@gmx.de>]

> From: owner-mint@fishpool.com [mailto:owner-mint@fishpool.com]On Behalf
> Of Lonny Pursell
> Sent: Thursday, December 30, 1999 5:30 PM
> To: MiNT mailing-list
> Subject: [MiNT] Correct way to detect MiNT kernal?
>
>
> Quite a while back I asked Frank how to detect the MiNT kernal
> whilst on IRC.  When I say detect I mean positively detect it
> even if some other OS fakes the cookie entry.  At the time
> I think Frank suggested making a call to Sconfig(opcode 290)
> and if it fails (-32) then the MiNT kernal is not present.
>
> Is this proper way?  I've been over all the docs in the
> lastest kernal archive and didn't find mention of this call.
> Unless I missed it can someone point me in the correct doc?
>
> Reason I ask this:
> I was talking with someone else today on IRC about the same thing
> and they raised the question that if Sconfig() is a rather old
> call wouldn't another OS also have this call?  They thought
> maybe Ssystem() would be the call to use instead?

I think this can only be answered if you explain where you need this
information. It's always possible that someone writes something with similar
functionality as MiNT, and if a call with the same opcode as in MiNT exists,
it's certainly *supposed* to behave the same.

So where do you need this information?