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> This history of the drive is this. He bought the drive in anticipation
> of its use in a laptop he never purchased. It sat around unused for a
> couple of years. He forgot about the drive. He saw my laptop and
> remembered the drive. It being only 170 mb and having neglible value,
> he offered it to me. I suppose he could have sold it to me. Would
> that have made it more legal?
I was questioning the "DOS 6.30 and software" part, not the HD itself.
If you did not get a written license for DOS 6.30, you may be violating
the law. I am in a similar position where I need some drivers
from the IBM PC-DOS disks, which should have come with my 2nd hand
TP, and feel that I am entitled to them, because the DOS license
(I contend) comes with my TP, not as a separate package. My question
may not have been straightforward, but it was addressed to the
mailing list and was not an attempt to point you as any kind of
software pirate. The answer will tell me whether I can order
cheap replacement disks or must buy a whole DOS package.
> I posted for help on this list, believing that it would be less
> tramatic than trying to explain the above story and get support from
> IBM. While I really like my thinkpad, I find their support very
> tiresome and irritating EVEN when you have all your paperwork in order.
I guess you couldn't undelete your files with Norton Utilities.
Regards,
Dave.
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