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- From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
- Subject: Re: OS/2 and what version of DOS
- Message-ID: <1993Jan6.045631.19924@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
- References: <1993Jan5.145242.9092@piston.detroit.ingr.com>
- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 04:56:31 GMT
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- In article <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 !!!!!
-
- To answer the first question, it comes with a DOS emulation that is
- equivalent to DOS Version 5.0. (You get LOADHIGH, QBASIC, etc.)
-
- To answer the second question, it can be configured to run either. By
- default it will use emulated DOS, but you can run "real" DOS as well
- (by using several methods, in fact -- there are lots of options here).
-
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