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  2. From: weiss@crowe.seas.ucla.edu (Michael Weiss)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
  4. Subject: Re: MS Office on 3.5 inch floppies?
  5. Message-ID: <8683@lee.SEAS.UCLA.EDU>
  6. Date: 18 Nov 92 06:33:25 GMT
  7. References: <1992Nov10.175852.7108@telesciences.com>
  8. Sender: news@SEAS.UCLA.EDU
  9. Organization: SEASnet, University of California, Los Angeles
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  12. In article <1992Nov10.175852.7108@telesciences.com> dstrait@telesciences.com (Darin Strait) writes:
  13. >I have the latest version of MS office on 5.25 inch floppies.  I am mulling
  14. >over the purchase of a notebook computer, which would make 3.5 inch media 
  15. >desirable.  
  16.  
  17. If you have a computer with both sized drives, or have access to one, you can
  18. copy the disks verbatim from 5.25 to 3.5 with no ill effects (provided that
  19. you use HD 3.5s).  It's even legal, since you are permitted to make as many
  20. copies as you wish, provided that you don't exceed the use restrictions of the
  21. license.
  22.  
  23. Note, however, that you cannot necessarily to the reverse, since HD 5.25s have
  24. lower capacity than HD 3.5s.
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  27. -  Michael  weiss@seas.ucla.edu   |  School of Engineering & Applied Science  -
  28. -   Weiss   izzydp5@oac.ucla.edu  |   University of California, Los Angeles   -
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