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From: wilcox@wucs1.wustl.edu (Don Wilcox)
Subject: Re: Does IBM DOS 5.0 work on Clones?
Message-ID: <1991Jun20.162336.17918@cec1.wustl.edu>
Organization: Washington University, St. Louis MO
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 91 16:23:36 GMT

In article <1991Jun20.141510.8844@javelin.sim.es.com> bgeer%javelin@dsd.es.com writes:
>hargrove@asc.slb.com (Jim Hargrove) writes:
>>I bought the 5.0 upgrade from Egghead. One of the questions they ask
>>is, "Do you want the IBM version or the MS-DOS version?" If you have a
>>clone, get the MS-DOS version.
>
>The question was, since from information other postings Egghead is
>selling PC-DOS 5 for $40, some $20 cheaper than MS-DOS 5:

The answer is, on another page of this very same Egghead flyer, there is an
offer for MS-DOS 5.0 for $39.99.  This makes the compatibility question moot.
If you have a clone, buy MS-DOS, if you have a Blue machine, buy PC-DOS.

>
>Thanks, Bob

Don

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