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Re: Does IBM DOS 5.0 work on Clones?

#3477
From: Bob Geer
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1991 00:52
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pfcouvares@amherst.bitnet writes:
>In article <1991Jun21.141856.13246@asc.slb.com>, hargrove@asc.slb.com (Jim Hargrove) writes:
>>   as PC-DOS. Why didn't you call EggHead and ask them?
>	I can answer this one: Because it's impossible! It took me two days
>and a *few hundred* calls to Egghead just to get through.

I succeeded getting thru to Egghead Saturday afternoon while Star
Trek:TNG was being broadcast locally.  Hmmmm....;-)
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<> Bob `Bear' Geer <>   bgeer%javelin.sim.es.com   (this *should* work)   <>
<>     cola-zombie <>   speaking only for myself, one of my many tricks   <>
<> Salt Lake City, <>    "We must strive to be more than we are, Lal."    <>
<>          Ootah  <>           -- Cmdr. Data, learning schmaltz          <>
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From: bgeer@javelin.sim.es.com (Bob Geer)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: Does IBM DOS 5.0 work on Clones?
Message-ID: <1991Jun24.005239.5352@javelin.sim.es.com>
Date: 24 Jun 91 00:52:39 GMT
References: <1991Jun19.152255.5940@e2big.mko.dec.com> <1991Jun19.202103.25169@asc.slb.com> <1991Jun20.141510.8844@javelin.sim.es.com> <1991Jun21.141856.13246@asc.slb.com> <13468.28623776@amherst.bitnet>
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