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Article #8481Re: Word for Windows, IBM DOS 4.0 (1)
From: Chris Newbold
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1989 23:19
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1989 23:19
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In article <7592@portia.Stanford.EDU> homerun@portia.Stanford.EDU (Matt Watson) writes: >IBM doesn't call it's upgrade to DOS 4.0 version 4.01. They felt it wasn't >even that much of an upgrade. The actual DOS disks say 4.01 in very small >print, but the ver command only elicits a version 4.00. If your command.com >file is 6/17/88 or newer, you have the updated version. > I have IBM DOS v4.00 according to the books and ver command. My command.com is dated 6/17/88. Why, then, won't MS Windows/386 run? I called Microsoft, and they said that I needed to upgrade from 4.00 to 4.01. But if what you say is correct, then I already have 4.01. Comments/help? -- >>>> Chris Newbold <<<< * "If you fool around with a thing for very long you * University of Rochester * will screw it up." * Disclaimer: "All warranties expire upon payment of invoice." ctne_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu * uhura.cc.rochester.edu!ctne_ltd@uunet
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sunybcs!uhura.cc.rochester.edu!ctne_ltd From: ctne_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Chris Newbold) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Word for Windows, IBM DOS 4.0 (1) Keywords: dos, word, windows Message-ID: <4492@ur-cc.UUCP> Date: 12 Dec 89 23:19:59 GMT References: <7592@portia.Stanford.EDU> Reply-To: ctne_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Chris Newbold) Organization: University of Rochester Lines: 19