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From: luis@mavrick.UUCP (luis basto)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: PC-DOS 5.0??
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Date: 20 Jun 91 05:44:59 GMT
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seitz@netcom.COM (Matthew Seitz) writes:
> In article <EDWONG.91Jun18140702@bucsf.bu.edu> edwong@bucsf.bu.edu writes:
> >By the way, I think you must have an IBM brand PC to run the [IBM PC-]dos
> >[5.0].
 
As in previous versions of PC-DOS vs MS-DOS, the major difference is the
BASIC.  In 5.0, QBASIC, and the new screen EDITor (which actually uses the
same screen layout as QBASIC), will only run on true IBM PCs if you buy
the PC-DOS version.  The Microsoft version would run on most clones.

Luis
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