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Take one faux-scientist in a lab coat and bow tie, pair him with a trio of low-rent Supremes wannabes, add a Casio keyboard drumbeat, and then get everyone involved to rap–yes, rap–about why you should upgrade your PC to MS-DOS 5.0. It’s five minutes of your life you’ll never get back, and just one more crime against humanity we can lay at the feet of Microsoft. Honestly, there is never justification for musically bragging about freeing 45K of memory, graphical shells, or Undelete. Never. Found via my buddy Lizard’s blog.

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I agree! catpro-54 | 09/13/07
Gods help us, I suspect it was real Palmetto | 09/13/07
I concur techr@... | 10/02/07
OMG oreo102007@... | 09/21/07
Bring It On! tonious@... | 09/23/07
I'M BLIND!!!!! Palmetto | 09/13/07
The mouse...I can't believe... tron@... | 09/24/07
It's the feature techr@... | 10/02/07
That is just a damn shame! faradhi | 09/13/07
So where can I buy a copy of MS DOS 5? ray.arunchote@... | 09/21/07
RE: Video: MS-DOS 5.0 ... the rap!?! hellfire@... | 09/14/07
I've seen similar videos yooper@... | 09/21/07
Himem and LoadHigh techr@... | 10/02/07
RE: Video: MS-DOS 5.0 ... the rap!?! ccoulter@... | 09/21/07
Holly Golly uu22_1978@... | 09/24/07
Where can I buy this, Is it an upgrade to Vista? ;-) rikski.man@... | 09/21/07
:D arlind.cela@... | 09/21/07
no kidding. cmnetworx@... | 09/22/07
:-) davef@... | 09/23/07
MSDOS was great. olh@... | 09/21/07
5 was to DOS what 95 was to Windows cquirke | 09/21/07
DOSShell was the man MetalFR0 | 09/21/07
Forget DOSShell. I used NeoSoft's QuikMenu ByteBin | 09/21/07
Don't forget PC Tools techr@... | 10/02/07
Norton francisvandenplas@... | 10/03/07
I still have a copy SBD | 09/21/07
I only have the manual. steve_ward15 | 09/21/07
Don't knock CP/M bpsull@... | 09/22/07
Me too and many more francisvandenplas@... | 09/25/07
I've got the Windows 3.1 techr@... | 10/02/07
Was? brit0n | 09/21/07
FAT and RAP? teamdave | 09/21/07
You must be thinking Country moraleselvin@... | 09/21/07
Rap is older than that jonathan.shilling.ctr@... | 09/21/07
We used to call it ... Marty the Borg | 09/25/07
Nope, my farm is fine teamdave | 09/21/07
You have a shrink-wrapped copy of MS-DOS 5?!? sml@... | 09/21/07
Is there something wrong with that? bpsull@... | 09/21/07
Hang on to history ByteBin | 09/21/07
Re: Hang on to history jasondlnd | 09/21/07
I have boxes of stuff RknRlKid | 09/21/07
Shrink-wrapped? francisvandenplas@... | 09/25/07
Indeed, shrink wrapped bpsull@... | 09/26/07
Are you looking for that early shareware? RknRlKid | 09/27/07
Sorry francisvandenplas@... | 09/28/07
Yeah, but....$$$ teamdave | 09/22/07
RE: Video: MS-DOS 5.0 ... the rap!?! brendan@... | 09/21/07
RE: Video: MS-DOS 5.0 ... the rap!?! waynegreen6@... | 09/21/07
MS-DOS 5 with that? mholtman@... | 09/21/07
MS DOS 5 Rap Jaytmoon | 09/21/07
The real promo for the release of MS/PC DOS 5 is .... sergiovf@... | 09/21/07
Gorilla.bas Moondoggy | 09/21/07
Talk about revenge of the Nerds ds4211a@... | 09/21/07
1337 syardster@... | 09/21/07
whoa mikemajor3@... | 09/21/07
RE: Video: MS-DOS 5.0 ... the rap!?! Sean Mullin | 09/21/07
Let's not forget Microsoft Bob! ByteBin | 09/21/07
No Eyes & Ears should be WITH it!!! DWigman | 09/21/07
Good man eward@... | 09/21/07
Don't Copy This Floppy Video ByteBin | 09/21/07
insane jelormd@... | 09/21/07
RE: Video: MS-DOS 5.0 ... the rap!?! nina.bohn@... | 09/21/07
RE: Video: MS-DOS 5.0 ... the rap!?! catie.freres@... | 09/21/07
RE: Video: MS-DOS 5.0 ... the rap!?! albacore420 | 09/21/07
Agree with everybody tony.sturgess@... | 09/24/07
60 million users?!?! RknRlKid | 09/21/07
RE: Video: MS-DOS 5.0 ... the rap!?! sergiovf@... | 09/21/07
WHERE'S OUR COMPANY BILL? alexbagg@... | 09/23/07
RE: Video: MS-DOS 5.0 ... the rap!?! DrDave_40@... | 09/24/07
RE: Video: MS-DOS 5.0 ... the rap!?! 24ggirl@... | 10/10/07
Right up there with Napoleon Dynamite rhend@... | 11/16/07

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