Re: MS-DOS v5.0 Release Date 11th June

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From: James P Gurganus
Date: Sat, 01 Jun 1991 17:29

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riehm@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Carl Riehm) writes:

>In article <b6a4pw.hvy@wang.com> ALAN.MCADOO@OFFICE.WANG.COM (Alan McAdoo) writes:
>>Microsoft Holland have informed me that thay are now accepting orders
>>for MS-DOS 5.0, which will be released World-Wide on 11th June.
>>

>How will the operation of Windows 3.0 be affected by DOS 5.0, if at all?
>Carl Riehm.

I saw someone using a beta version of Ms Dos 5.0.  They said you needed
some extra file in your root directory to run Windows 3.0.  Does anyone
know what this file does or if its really needed?

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