ericf@seer.UUCP (Eric Findley) (06/16/91)
I was wondering if there is PC-DOS 5.0?? I'd really like to get a hold of it...PC-DOS 3.3 is getting boring. Besides, I gotta keep up with the times. And another question. I have RBBS v17.3b. I want to put an ANSI graphic intro screen on my bbs. Now, does anyone have any suggestions on how I can go about this? Is there a special drawing program I have to use, or a converter program somewhere?? Any help is DEFINITELY APPRECIATED! Thanks in advance... -Eric Findley ericf@seer.mystic.com
davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (Wm E. Davidsen Jr) (06/17/91)
In article <887@seer.UUCP> ericf@seer.UUCP (Eric Findley) writes: | | I was wondering if there is PC-DOS 5.0?? I'd really like to get a hold | of it...PC-DOS 3.3 is getting boring. Besides, I gotta keep up with | the times. Yes, I got a copy from IBM at a meeting on June 12, just copies of the disks and a xerox of the man pages. I also have MS-DOS 5.0. Since the MS-DOS upgrade is $39.95 from Egghead ($59.95 less $20 instant rebate) you can afford it. I haven't installed the PC-DOS version yet, but the MS-DOS is great so far. I should post a review in a separate message, so don't look for it here. -- bill davidsen - davidsen@sixhub.uucp (uunet!crdgw1!sixhub!davidsen) sysop *IX BBS and Public Access UNIX moderator of comp.binaries.ibm.pc and 80386 mailing list "Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me
edwong@bucsf.bu.edu (Edward Wong) (06/19/91)
Yes, it's now IBM DOS 5.0. There are two different pakages available at Egghead. Since you already got dos 3.3, you can just buy the IBM DOS 5.0 upgrade for $39.99. But you can buy the whole pakage for $99.99. By the way, I think you must have an IBM brand PC to run the dos. -- 8) _ _ | user's name: Edward Wong |_ |\ \ / /\ |_) |\ | ARPA: edwong@bucsf.bu.edu |_ |/ \^/ /==\ | \ |/ | UUCP: bucsf.bu.edu!edwong
ralphs@halcyon.ogi.edu (06/19/91)
edwong@bucsf.bu.edu (Edward Wong) writes: > upgrade for $39.99. But you can buy the whole pakage for $99.99. By the > way, I think you must have an IBM brand PC to run the dos. IBM would like you to think so. It would be interesting to know if there's a new operating system in the 'complete' 5.0 package, or if it's 3.?? re-released. It would appear that the 'upgrade' is not much more than a user shell and command.com replacement, with a few extra goodies to flesh out a few disks.