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From: nelson@desktop.nsc.com (Taed Nelson)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: Does IBM DOS 5.0 work on Clones?
Message-ID: <1991Jun21.155259.17635@berlioz.nsc.com>
Date: 21 Jun 91 15:52:59 GMT
References: <1991Jun20.162336.17918@cec1.wustl.edu> <ugbzmwgpea@ads.com>
Sender: nelson@desktop (Taed Nelson)
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In article <ugbzmwgpea@ads.com>, henry@ADS.COM (Henry Mensch) writes:
> i didn't see such a thing ... i just picked up a MS-DOS 5.0 upgrade
> with 5.25" floppies and ran.  the software upgrade process asks you
> what sort (brand name, not version) you are running now, and acts
> accordingly.

That's odd -- I have a JDR 386 with MS-DOS 4.1 from Phoenix, and it
  never asked me anything about my current DOS when I installed it.
  Perhaps it can detect certain types of DOS?