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Article #11262Re: IBM vs. MS DOS 5 (was Re: Why PC DOS 5.0 = $100 & MS 5.0 = $40)
From: Michael Schuster
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1991 22:41
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1991 22:41
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In article <1991Jun19.222610.21158@panix.uucp> nina@panix.uucp (Nina Yuan) writes:
>
>OK, I guess the obvious question is: what's the difference between PC-DOS 5.0
>and MS-DOS 5.0? Is there a difference? In previous versions, the only
>difference I can recall is BASICA vs. GW-BASIC, which shouldn't matter now
>that Microsoft is including a QuickBasic complier. Any comments? (btw, I
>have an IBM AT with PC-DOS 3.1).
>
I've heard the IBM version requires the basic ROM to run QBASIC (can you
believe that???!!!) and has 8514A support in the DOSSHELL (MSDOs only
supports up to VGA resolution).
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think.com!eli.cs.yale.edu!cmcl2!panix!schuster From: schuster@panix.uucp (Michael Schuster) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: IBM vs. MS DOS 5 (was Re: Why PC DOS 5.0 = $100 & MS 5.0 = $40) Message-ID: <1991Jun19.224137.21323@panix.uucp> Date: 19 Jun 91 22:41:37 GMT References: <1991Jun18.011419.5625@socrates.umd.edu> <8578@awdprime.UUCP> <1991Jun19.222610.21158@panix.uucp> Organization: PANIX - Public Access Unix Systems of NY Lines: 17