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From: smg@bezier.eedsp.gatech.edu (Stephen McGrath)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: PC-DOS 5.0??
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Date: 18 Jun 91 19:23:13 GMT
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In article <4105@sixhub.UUCP> davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (bill davidsen) writes:
>In article <887@seer.UUCP> ericf@seer.UUCP (Eric Findley) writes:
>| 
>|  I was wondering if there is PC-DOS 5.0??  I'd really like to get a hold
>| of it...PC-DOS 3.3 is getting boring.  Besides, I gotta keep up with
>| the times.
>
>  Yes, I got a copy from IBM at a meeting on June 12, just copies of
>the disks and a xerox of the man pages. I also have MS-DOS 5.0. Since
>the MS-DOS upgrade is $39.95 from Egghead ($59.95 less $20 instant
>rebate) you can afford it. I haven't installed the PC-DOS version yet,
>but the MS-DOS is great so far. I should post a review in a separate
>message, so don't look for it here.
>
I have seen PC-DOS 5.0 upgrades in several stores. Egghead has it, and I
`overheard a salesman tell a customer that it was the same deal as MS-DOS.
($79 normally, on sale for $59, less $20 instant rebate = $39).

-Stephen


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Stephen McGrath
Georgia Tech, School of EE, DSP Lab, Atlanta, GA  30332
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