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Where can I get the best DOS for IB

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Name: Alexzero77
Date: June 4, 2005 at 18:16:38 Pacific
Subject: Where can I get the best DOS for IB
OS: Windows XP Professional
CPU/Ram: AMD
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Where can I get the best DOS for IBM PS/2 Model 25 for free? Please provide a link and instructions because i'm new to DOS.

-Alexzero77



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Response Number 1
Name: Valerie (by Garibaldi)
Date: June 4, 2005 at 20:18:04 Pacific
Subject: Where can I get the best DOS for IB
Reply: (edit)

It's against forum policy to provide links to copyright material


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Response Number 2
Name: jboy
Date: June 4, 2005 at 21:10:57 Pacific
Subject: Where can I get the best DOS for IB
Reply: (edit)

Yes, but there are free versions available:

FreeDOS

Caldera

.. probably others - might even be links on this very page


Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.


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Response Number 3
Name: dieymir
Date: June 5, 2005 at 10:19:59 Pacific
Subject: Where can I get the best DOS for IB
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If you mean the original DOS version it came with PC DOS 3.3 (released Apr 87)

Hope this helps.


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Response Number 4
Name: jboy
Date: June 5, 2005 at 10:44:30 Pacific
Subject: Where can I get the best DOS for IB
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I don't think that they were looking for a history lesson, but a DOS download source for this humble relic.

Nearly any DOS will run, as far as that goes

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.


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Response Number 5
Name: Valerie (by Garibaldi)
Date: June 5, 2005 at 15:19:12 Pacific
Subject: Where can I get the best DOS for IB
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Yep, but hey, Alexzero77 asked for the "best Dos" which imho is probably MS-Dos 6.22 or Wengiers 7.1.

Alexzero77, read your e-mail.


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Response Number 6
Name: jboy
Date: June 5, 2005 at 16:13:58 Pacific
Subject: Where can I get the best DOS for IB
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Subject to (apparently your) interpretation - although I'd hardly call "DOS7.1" the best for such an antique system - most of the features would be unneeded, and the memory footprint is considerably larger than older versions.

IBM DOS v3xx or MS-DOS v5 or v6xx would all run fine too

But, as it says on the confirmation page: "DO NOT ask.... "

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.


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Response Number 7
Name: hiho
Date: June 5, 2005 at 22:11:10 Pacific
Subject: Where can I get the best DOS for IB
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FYI DOS 7.10 is not and has never been an "official" version of MS-DOS. I would agrr wholeheartedly with JBOY FreeDOS or DR-DOS is the way forward.

Though personally DR-DOS is the way forward due to the Manuals being available on line:

http://www.drdos.com/dosdoc/index.htm
http://horde.planetmirror.com/pub/drdos/


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