MS-Dos

Recently we moved and I found an un-opened box of MS-DOS 5.0 upgrade. I don't even recall buying this, but it must have been just before the time Windows was released. Started me thinking.... Should I load this on an old 386?

Dale

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DAB over 10 years ago +3

It should work on the 386 and might work on 486 standard motherboards. I think version 5 was a fix just before they came out with MSDOS 6.0 to host Windows 3.1. Been a lot of years since then. DAB
clem57 over 10 years ago in reply to DAB +2

Would it be a blast to catalog how many modern machines can run MS/PC-DOS? I wonder a contest o f sorts. LOL Clem
COMPACT over 10 years ago in reply to DAB +2

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dwinhold over 10 years ago

When the internet first came out in my area the fastest connecting speed was with a 14.4, I had a 9600. When i upgraded to the 14.4 I couldn't believe the difference. I paid $35 for 15 hours of connection per month. I used Netscape .6 for a browser.

A little off topic from MS-DOS, but I like where it's going.
I'm going to fire up the 386 tomorrow and see what is on it. I'll video it for fun to share the fun.
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COMPACT over 10 years ago in reply to dwinhold

An Intel or AMD one?
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COMPACT over 10 years ago in reply to dwinhold

An Intel or AMD one?
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dwinhold over 10 years ago in reply to COMPACT

A picture of the processor and below the motherboard
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