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From: snow@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu
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Subject: Re: Cnvrt MS-DOS 5.0 from 3.5 to 5.25 HELP
Message-ID: <1991Jun19.132136.222@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu>
Date: 19 Jun 91 18:21:35 GMT
References: <1991Jun18.092013.51422@gmuvax.gmu.edu> <1991Jun18.220319.16309@en.ecn.purdue.edu>
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In article <1991Jun18.220319.16309@en.ecn.purdue.edu>, garlangr@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Mark T Garlanger) 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.
> 
> So you want the net to help you do something illegal?  When you buy software,
> it is only good for one computer.  If you want to have Dos 5.0
> on your other computer you need to order another copy.

I think it's perfectly reasonable to want to make sure the software works
before buying it.  Especially if you already have a copy.  The key words
are "... and know they'll be no problems."  Returning software is a lot
harder than not having to buy it at all.

Isn't it kind of unkind to assume the worst of this man you've never met?

-ken
(waiting for delivery of my copy of DOS5, which I bought because I tried
out my friend's copy, and it worked fine)