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From: dalm@warwick.UUCP (D A L Michael)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: PC-DOS on compatible system
Message-ID: <1792@ubu.warwick.UUCP>
Date: 28 Apr 89 18:29:12 GMT
References: <3816@peora.ccur.com>
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Reply-To: dalm@emerald.UUCP (David Michael)
Organization: Computer Science, Warwick University, Coventry CV4 7AL, U.K.
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In article <3816@peora.ccur.com> tran@peora.ccur.com (Nhan Tran) writes:
>
>I have IBM-DOS 3.3 (not MS-DOS).  Can I use it on an AT-compatible?  I
>remember a while ago I cannot use BASIC supplied on IBM-DOS disk on a
>compatible system at all.   I am not sure if I can boot a compatible with
>IBM-DOS.  I appreciate any comment you have.
>

Yes, IBM DOS will work in any machine that will run MS DOS, they are
essencially the same thing, only IBM have stuck their name on it.
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