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From: mig@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Meir)
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Subject: Re: Cnvrt MS-DOS 5.0 from 3.5 to 5.25 HELP
Message-ID: <1991Jun18.173750.27162@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>
Date: 18 Jun 91 17:37:50 GMT
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In article <1991Jun18.165023.18490@world.std.com> brigc@world.std.com (Brig C McCoy) writes:
>In article <1991Jun18.092013.51422@gmuvax.gmu.edu> juraschek@gmuvax.gmu.edu writes:
>>I acquired MS-DOS 5.0 at Egghead at their super bargain extravaganza.
>>My principle PC uses 3.5 diskettes, so that's the media I chose.
>>
>>My secondary PC, however uses 5.25" diskettes.  I wanna break down the
>>3.5's into their equivalent 5.25's so I can upgrade the 5.25" machine
>>and know they'll be no problems.
>>
>>Could some kind soul post the directories of the 5.25 version of the MS-DOS
>>5.0 upgrade pack so I can make such diskettes from my 3.5's?  (Or can someone
>>say FOR SURE that it doesn't really matter what the breakdown is - no
>>speculations, please.)
>>
>>Muchas gracias, amigos.
>>
>>-Dave
>
>Not to rain on your parade, but ain't it illegal to copy commercial software?
No!  But sometimes it's illegal to copy for use on more than one computer at a
time.  If he is only using one copy at a time, then his use is 100% legitimate.
Unless he is not the only one using his computer, he would have to make a REAL
effort to USE two copies of DOS at the SAME TIME (One for each hand?).
Besides, nobody will care, if it's for personal use.  And you should ALWAYS
make a backup, ESPECIALLY OF DOS!!!!

No; I didn't say you can sell your backups of DOS to others :-)

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