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- From: cnadler@vnet.ibm.com (Cliff Nadler)
- Subject: Re: OS/2 and what version of DOS
- Sender: @watson.ibm.com
- Message-ID: <1993Jan05.181455.18206@watson.ibm.com>
- Date: Tue, 05 Jan 93 18:14:55 GMT
- News-Software: IBM OS/2 PM RN (NR/2) v0.15 by O. Vishnepolsky and R. Rogers
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- Reply-To: cnadler@vnet.ibm.com (Cliff Nadler)
- References: <1993Jan5.145242.9092@piston.detroit.ingr.com>
- Organization: IBM T. J. Watson Research
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- In <1993Jan5.145242.9092@piston.detroit.ingr.com> goeckefw@piston.detroit.ingr.com (Fred Goeckel) writes:
- >What version of DOS dos OS/2 2.0 come with. I though I read that it was
- >DOS 5.0 - is this true. Also, If you have a machine setup for dual boot
- >with DOS and OS/2 - does OS/2 use the DOS on the machine or the DOS that
- >comes with OS/2. Thanks - this info is very important to find out - I
- >have a lunch riding on this. Thanks again !!!!!
-
- OS/2 does not come with DOS. It includes an emulation of DOS at approximately
- the DOS 5.0 level (some things are missing, I forget what) for OS/2 2.0.
-
- Since the DOS is an emulation, only runnable under OS/2 2.0, it will only dual-
- boot to the DOS originally on your drive.
-
- Cliff Nadler
- IBM Federal Systems Company
-
- Note: This post represents the views of the poster, not those of IBM or the
- IBM Federal Systems Company
-