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From: harnyo@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Suwandi Harnyo (Andy))
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Subject: Re: PC-DOS on compatible system
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Date: 29 Apr 89 23:28:53 GMT
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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.
>
>Nhan Tran

Sure you can use the IBM DOS 3.3 on your AT ! The only problem is that 
you can't use the BASICA supplied because it requires true IBM BIOS
compatibility - only true IBM has that because it is copyrighted.

Other than that, it should work fine with your AT compatible.




Andy
harnyo@eniac.seas.upenn.edu