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Article #3443Re: Does IBM DOS 5.0 work on Clones?
From: Don Wilcox
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1991 16:23
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1991 16:23
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In article <1991Jun20.141510.8844@javelin.sim.es.com> bgeer%javelin@dsd.es.com writes: >hargrove@asc.slb.com (Jim Hargrove) writes: >>I bought the 5.0 upgrade from Egghead. One of the questions they ask >>is, "Do you want the IBM version or the MS-DOS version?" If you have a >>clone, get the MS-DOS version. > >The question was, since from information other postings Egghead is >selling PC-DOS 5 for $40, some $20 cheaper than MS-DOS 5: The answer is, on another page of this very same Egghead flyer, there is an offer for MS-DOS 5.0 for $39.99. This makes the compatibility question moot. If you have a clone, buy MS-DOS, if you have a Blue machine, buy PC-DOS. > >Thanks, Bob Don Don Wilcox | "Hear, O Israel, the Lord your God, the Washington University in St. Louis | Lord is One." email: wilcox@cs.wustl.edu |
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Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!cec2!news From: wilcox@wucs1.wustl.edu (Don Wilcox) Subject: Re: Does IBM DOS 5.0 work on Clones? Message-ID: <1991Jun20.162336.17918@cec1.wustl.edu> Organization: Washington University, St. Louis MO Date: Thu, 20 Jun 91 16:23:36 GMT