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From: jaria@tuura.UUCP (Jari Artes)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: DOS -- PC vs MS
Message-ID: <806@tuura.UUCP>
Date: 11 Oct 90 07:04:11 GMT
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jzl@micasa.UUCP (Jack Z. Lupic) writes:

>Unhide IBMBIO.COM and IBMDOS.COM and rename them to IO.SYS and MSDOS.SYS
>respectively.The order is important!!! Copy the MS DOS 3.3 files over
>the top of the renamed files and all should be OK.I think you could even
>do SYS C: for that matter.

Copying the 3.3 files (io.sys and msdos.sys) isn't quite enough as the
bootstrap loader on the first sector of the partition tries to load
ibmbio.com and ibmdos.com the next time you reboot your computer.
SYS C: will take care of that, though.

What comes to the original question, I haven't encountered any problems
running IBM PC-DOS 3.3 in a variety of clones over the last couple of
years.  I haven't ever bothered to compare whose manufacturer's dos
gives the biggest tpa but there shouldn't be a big difference.  Of
course it is wiser to use the dos you received with your pc as it
may contain some added value features like support for dos 4 partitions
etc.
    
>Jack Lupic

Jari Artes