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From: Matthew Hunt <hunt@mph124.rh.psu.edu>
To: Dan Odom <daniel@jimi.danodom.com>
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Subject: Re: Multiple serial ports
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On Wed, Oct 01, 1997 at 06:31:41PM +0000, Dan Odom wrote:

> Obvious problem:  what does one do if one does not have MS-DOS
> anywhere?  Adaptec, for example, includes the software in the card

My solution is to keep an OpenDOS boot floppy around.  It's not from
MS, and it's free software, so I don't have any moral problems having
it about.

Visit http://www.caldera.com/ for details.

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