Re: distinguishing between MS and IBM(PC) DOS

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From: Kaleb Keithley
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1990 16:58

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In article <261@utrcu1.UUCP> hania@Utwente.nl (Simon Hania) writes:
>Sorry, that won't work. Olivetti MS-DOS (>=3.20), for instance, calls 
>its system files IBMBIO.COM and IBMDOS.COM too!
>

Which means that Olivetti licensed it's DOS from IBM rather than Microsoft,
therefore, it's really PC-DOS instead of MS-DOS.

Chewey, get us outta here!

kaleb@mars.jpl.nasa.gov             (818)354-8771
Kaleb Keithley

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Subject: Re: distinguishing between MS and IBM(PC) DOS
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