Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!ads.com!henry From: henry@ADS.COM (Henry Mensch) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc Subject: Re: Does IBM DOS 5.0 work on Clones? Message-ID: Date: 20 Jun 91 17:27:49 GMT References: <1991Jun20.162336.17918@cec1.wustl.edu> Sender: usenet@ads.com (USENET News) Organization: Advanced Decision Systems; Mtn View, CA USA Lines: 12 wilcox@wucs1.wustl.edu (Don Wilcox) wrote: ->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. i didn't see such a thing ... i just picked up a MS-DOS 5.0 upgrade with 5.25" floppies and ran. the software upgrade process asks you what sort (brand name, not version) you are running now, and acts accordingly. -- # Henry Mensch / Advanced Decision Systems /