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On Tuesday, 8th October 1996, Joshua Hosseinof wrote: > If people are interested in getting the Dos disks you might want to > consider the Stream preload CD's. I know IBM has them for the 755CD, CE > and CSE, and presumably the higher models as well. Are the preload CDs only available for the ThinkPad models with built-in CDROM drives? I have a 701C and an external PC-Card CDROM drive, and I shouldn't mind getting one if they're available for the 701C. > I got mine a few weeks ago for $40 from IBM. Do you have the part number available for that? Or alternatively, is a description of it to be found somewhere on ibm.com? > On Tue, 8 Oct 1996, Dave Ahn wrote: > > > 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. The IBM repair facility reinstalled the pre-loaded software on a friend's CD-less ThinkPad (upon his written request while getting something else repaired), so at least from their perspective the "licenses" for the OS and apps are inherently in the ThinkPad...an "in portu" theory, I suppose. Christian. -- Christian Carey (ccarey@CapAccess.ORG) +1 301 431 0053