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From: halcyon!ralphs@seattleu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: MS-DOS 5.0 Upgrade versus "Non-Upgrade"
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Date: 21 Jun 91 15:39:20 GMT
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U39648@uicvm.uic.edu (From The Mind Of) writes:

> >NON-upgrade price.  A "NON-upgrade" MSDOS package appears not to be
> >currently available (at least not from Egghead).

> The DOS 5.0 Upgrade packages is available ONLY from Microsoft as
> MS-DOS 5.0 Upgrade and IBM as IBM DOS 5.0 Retail Upgrade Package.
> (EggHead is currently carrying EITHER for $39.95 with the instant
> rebate.)

CompuAdd will be selling the MS-DOS _non-upgade_ setup for $49.00
starting ~24 June.  This is curious, as the UPGRADE costs ~$60.00.