Re: Does IBM DOS 5.0 work on Clones?

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From: Victor Menayang
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1991 03:22

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In article <GINSBURG.91Jun19145559@rio.cme.nist.gov> ginsburg@cme.nist.gov (Dylan Ginsburg) writes:
>In article <1991Jun19.152255.5940@e2big.mko.dec.com> timmons@atccad.enet.dec.com writes:
>>   cheaper than dealers pay for MS-DOS 5.0.  But, the ad says for IBM
>>   PC's only!  Is that true?  Has anybody actually tried installing it
>>   on a clone?
>
>I installed 5.0 on my DTK 1630 (386sx) with no problems whatsoever.
>


But, why should you install IBM-DOS on a clone?
Why don't just go with MS-DOS?

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