Re: Does IBM DOS 5.0 work on Clones?

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From: Henry Mensch
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1991 17:27

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wilcox@wucs1.wustl.edu (Don Wilcox) wrote: 
->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.

i didn't see such a thing ... i just picked up a MS-DOS 5.0 upgrade
with 5.25" floppies and ran.  the software upgrade process asks you
what sort (brand name, not version) you are running now, and acts
accordingly.

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# Henry Mensch / Advanced Decision Systems / <henry@ads.com>

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