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From: mikep@leo.unm.edu (Mike Prine CIRT)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Cnvrt MS-DOS 5.0 from 3.5 to 5.25 HELP
Message-ID: <1991Jun19.134148.28356@ariel.unm.edu>
Date: 19 Jun 91 13:41:48 GMT
References: <1991Jun18.092013.51422@gmuvax.gmu.edu>
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque NM
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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


Dave while I haven't seen the paperwork on this upgrade I suspect what you
are asking is illegal, not the copy part but the part about putting it on
another machines. DOS and most software upgrades are sold on a per station
basis, meaning you must buy one copy for each machine you intend to use the
software on. While Egghead may not be losing money on the upgrade offer they
give the sure aren't going to get rich solely on the basis of DOS 5.0 
upgrade kits they sell. Software vendors are starting to crack down hard on
institutions that fail to follow copyright laws. Schools have been hard hit
as the often seem to be the most flagrant violators. I'm sure a 5.24in version
of the upgrade kit is avaliable and I hope I misunderstood the purpose of your
query.

Later.
.

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