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Article #11186DOS 5.0 reseller protection?
From: Eric W. Lund - Subop
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1991 05:19
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1991 05:19
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An article in the latest issue of Computer Shopper did a poor job of
explaining what came with the package, and what he meant by Microsoft taking
steps to stop resellers from including pirated copies of DOS 5.0 with their
systems. Can anyone explain what he was talking about? Are there two
different versions of DOS 5.0? (One for upgraders -- ie, the cheap one.)
The author stated the install disks are not "bootable", and intimated that
creating bootable disks are a major hassle. Is there any copy protection
(logical, or through "hassle") in DOS 5.0?
Also, the article featured the DOS Shell, and didn't discuss the changes to
the command.com. What changes have been made to the line prompt, internal
and external commands, etc?
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!rice!bcm!dimacs.rutgers.edu!rutgers!bobsbox!graphics!elund From: elund@graphics.rent.com (Eric W. Lund - Subop) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: DOS 5.0 reseller protection? Message-ID: <aZ2P46w164w@graphics.rent.com> Date: 18 Jun 91 05:19:33 GMT Organization: The Graphics BBS (2D,3D,GIF,Animation) +1 908/469-0049 Lines: 19