Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!dsinc!netnews.upenn.edu!msuinfo!buster.cps.msu.edu!draper From: draper@buster.cps.msu.edu (Patrick J Draper) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc Subject: Re: Dear Bill Gates, ... Message-ID: <1991Jun29.221339.4166@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> Date: 29 Jun 91 22:13:39 GMT References: <1991Jun29.121501.12819@news.cs.indiana.edu> Sender: news@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu Reply-To: draper@buster.cps.msu.edu (Patrick J Draper) Organization: Dept. of Computer Science, Michigan State University Lines: 19 Originator: draper@buster.cps.msu.edu In article <1991Jun29.121501.12819@news.cs.indiana.edu> bobmon@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (RAMontante) writes: >Another common scenario: I purchase a case, a power supply, a motherboard, >a disk controller, a disk (...a display card, a monitor, a keyboard...). > >How is this machine ever to get an initial legal copy of MS-DOS on it? I had the same problem. My solution was to scan the Computer Shopper until I found some place in Washington that sold it to me. They had it listed in a teeny tiny ad in the back for $85. I suspected that it was a bootleg copy sold without Microsoft's permission, but hey - I did my best to get a legit copy of DOS. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Patrick Draper "College is supposed to prepare you for the future, cps.msu.edu but all my future's behind me." draper@cps.msu.edu -- My GrandPa, age 85, Fall 1990 graduate of Western Michigan University ------------------------------------------------------------------------