Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!olivea!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!sjsca4!poffen From: poffen@sj.ate.slb.com (Russ Poffenberger) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc Subject: Re: Does IBM DOS 5.0 work on Clones? Message-ID: <1991Jun21.205011.21476@sj.ate.slb.com> Date: 21 Jun 91 20:50:11 GMT References: <1991Jun19.152255.5940@e2big.mko.dec.com> <1991Jun19.202103.25169@asc.slb.com> <1991Jun20.141510.8844@javelin.sim.es.com> Reply-To: poffen@SunOS (Russ Poffenberger) Organization: Schlumberger Technologies, ATE division, San Jose, Ca. Lines: 16 In article <1991Jun20.141510.8844@javelin.sim.es.com> bgeer%javelin@dsd.es.com writes: >hargrove@asc.slb.com (Jim Hargrove) writes: >>I bought the 5.0 upgrade from Egghead. One of the questions they ask >>is, "Do you want the IBM version or the MS-DOS version?" If you have a >>clone, get the MS-DOS version. > >The question was, since from information other postings Egghead is >selling PC-DOS 5 for $40, some $20 cheaper than MS-DOS 5: > Funny, I bought MS-DOS 5 from egghead for $39. Russ Poffenberger DOMAIN: poffen@sj.ate.slb.com Schlumberger Technologies UUCP: {uunet,decwrl,amdahl}!sjsca4!poffen 1601 Technology Drive CIS: 72401,276 San Jose, Ca. 95110 (408)437-5254