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From: woan@exeter.austin.ibm.com (Ronald S Woan)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Does IBM DOS 5.0 work on Clones?
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Date: 17 Jun 91 19:20:05 GMT
References: <1991Jun19.152255.5940@e2big.mko.dec.com>
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In article <1991Jun19.152255.5940@e2big.mko.dec.com> Timmons@atccad.enet.dec.com writes:
>Thru July 10, Egghead has IBM PC-DOS 5.0 for only $39.99.  That is 
>cheaper than dealers pay for MS-DOS 5.0.  But, the ad says for IBM
>PC's only!  Is that true?  

It is an upgrade that installs over a preinstalled IBM PC-DOS only.
The fully licensed version is $99 at Egghead, I believe. The generic
MSDOS 5.0 upgrade is also $39.99 anyway.

>To get the extra $20 off they ask you questions - could one of the
>questions be "What is your IBM-PC Serial Number?)  

No, what speadsheet and wordprocessor do you use are the types of
questions they ask, along with do you want to buy the additional book
from Queue.

>Is this just a statment to be sure IBM does not have to respond to
>problems with clone?  I can speculate, but has anybody actually done
>the install?

It may only be warranted for IBM machines... The full version should
work fine, except for BASICA which expects part of it in ROM.
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