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From: "da Silva, Joe" <Joe DOT daSilva AT emailmetering DOT com>
To: "'opendos AT delorie DOT com'" <opendos AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: RE: DR-DOS can I use it?
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2003 10:19:17 +1100 
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You don't need to buy Windoze for any legitimate copy
of M$-DOS. However, if you need to legitimise your copies,
you may not be able to find any stand-alone versions any
more. You may even have trouble finding W9X/ME, which
is your only (perhaps) remaining option for obtaining DOS
from M$ these days. This is probably what the "have to
buy windoze" stuff actually means.

Non-commercial use of DR-DOS is permitted, AFAIK.
Otherwise, you can buy DR-DOS 7.03 for a modest sum,
also PC-DOS 2000 should still be available from IBM.
Both these provide optimum memory for DOS app's.

However, AFAIK, only M$-DOS has inbuilt support for LBA
and FAT-32 at this time, check its "ROM DOS" derivative at :
http://www.datalight.com/product_detail.asp?p_id=19&archive=0

Joe.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Martin C [SMTP:forolinux AT yahoo DOT com]
> Sent:	Tuesday, December 02, 2003 12:23 AM
> To:	opendos AT delorie DOT com
> Subject:	DR-DOS can I use it?
> 
> Hello, I'm trying to get rid of those M$ DOS in the
> place  I work, in first place because If I want to use
> them I have to buy windows (that is at least what
> somebody told me). In second place I just don't like
> m$.
> I've downloaded 5 floppy disks of DR-DOS, and I'd like
> to know if I can install it, or I have to pay, or
> something like that.
> 
> Best regards. 
> 
> Martín.
> 
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