Microsoft KB Archive/78458

= NEC 80286 APC4 Is Not Supported by MS-DOS 5.x & 6.x =

Article ID: 78458

Article Last Modified on 11/16/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft MS-DOS 5.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 5.0a
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.2 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.21 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.22 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q78458



SUMMARY
According to NEC, MS-DOS 5.0 and later do not work on the NEC PowerMate 80286 APC4. The APC4 is an old machine that was designed to run MS-DOS versions up to and including version 3.2.

NOTE: Some customers have been able to get MS-DOS 5.0 and later to work on the APC4 by upgrading their BIOS to version 3.07. However, NEC does not support this setup because it is may not be stable.



MORE INFORMATION
The NEC products included here are manufactured by vendors independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding these products' performance or reliability.

Additional query words: 6.22 5.00 3rdparty 6.00 6.20

Keywords: KB78458

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