ms-dos 5.0

[Eddie313]

Wanted to check here does anybody have ms-dos 5.0 ?????
I have 6.22 but I'm running a formscan and need 5.0 version.

Thanks

 

[StormSide]

If you just need the boot disk with ide cd-rom drivers try here:

http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm

 

[Eddie313]

I need the 3 disk install, I tried free-dos didn't work also.

 

[C1]

Im pretty sure that I have it. I kept (archived as image files) many of the DOSes (versions) onto CD. I will try to look for them later. (You will also need to be given the image program to allow restoration of the image files - particularly the first disk which is the bootable disk.)

A possibility is buy an MS DOS 5 here:
http://www.agreatserver.com/cgi/search.pl?S=MS+DOS+5.0&C=11226

 

[Phynaz]

Wanted to check here does anybody have ms-dos 5.0 ?????
I have 6.22 but I'm running a formscan and need 5.0 version.

Thanks

I'm sure you aren't requesting that somebody make you a copy of a copyrighted piece of software, right?

 

[C1]

Although technically illegal to do so, DOS 5 is considered abandonware. For such a case as Eddie313, it is not anticipated nor expected that the developer would pursue a case like this (eg, Jeeeze .....big ass multi trillion dollar microsoft crashing down on some poor single case individual who needs a legacy driver for some defunct application. Meanwhile, try to name a person that was indicted for any aspect of the securities misrepresentation fiasco that sent the global economy crashing.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abandonware

 

[Matt1970]

Once it is deemed abandonware, you are free to distribute it. Dos 6.22 and below is abondonware.

 

[Nothinman]

Who gets to deem something abandonware?

MS still has DOS 6.22 images on their site for free, but since 5.0 isn't there I would be leery of grabbing it from some random place.

 

[Eddie313]

I was leery about asking for that here but its really old stuff.
This is for a very old machine and I have looked everywhere just trying to get it up and running soon.

Thanks guys for even for looking I appreciate.

 

[shortylickens]

I gave up 5 when 6 came out.
Much easier especially with DOSSHELL.
Also EMS and XMS management.

 

[Joseph F]

Jeez, just go to any torrent website. (a certain Swedish one would probably have what you're looking for.)

 

[Eddie313]

I did I found one torrent and could not get it to work. Looks like it was modded for vm.

 

[Phynaz]

Once it is deemed abandonware, you are free to distribute it. Dos 6.22 and below is abondonware.

Please show me where this is stated in US copyright law.

 

[SimMike2]

Are you sure it won't run on DOS 6? Backward compatibility with programs was pretty darn good with improved DOS versions. In fact one of the reasons people wanted to upgrade DOS was to make it run programs better. DOS 5 was actually a huge upgrade as it allowed more of the memory to be used, hence many programs said "MS DOS 5 required", but this didn't mean it wouldn't run on MS DOS 6, just that it would not run on MS DOS 4 or lower.

 

[VirtualLarry]

MS-DOS 5.0 was good, but it had a curious and serious bug. I would stick with DOS 6.22, personally, because they worked the bugs out. Or take a DOS disk from Win98se, because that supports FAT32.

 

[Eddie313]

I tried 6.2 6.22 free dos the program would not take it. My buddy just emailed me said he found a image so I will try it Monday when I get in.