History of Xenix – Microsoft's Forgotten Unix-Based Operating System

Re:History of Xenix – Microsoft's Forgotten Unix-Based Opera... by gravypod on Friday October 07, 2016 @03:37PM (#12663372)

Hey I know this is super off topic but can you please email me? I'm in the process of fixing an old computer (an i486 'portable' system) and I need to find some stuff to get it up and running. I'm looking for someone who can point me to where I can find a bootable 5 1/4 drive to see if my IO card is good. I have asked a few professors at my college but all of them have cleaned out their old hardware.

I know this may be strange but there aren't many people left that can debug these kinds of systems. Sorry for disturbing this thread!

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Re:History of Xenix – Microsoft's Forgotten Unix-Based Opera... by pmontra on Friday October 07, 2016 @04:59PM (#12663858)

Those computers I wrote about are gone a long time ago. I don't know where to look for those components. Maybe ebay?

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Re:History of Xenix – Microsoft's Forgotten Unix-Based Opera... by gravypod on Friday October 07, 2016 @05:50PM (#12664176)

I've looked, nothing bootable sadly. I hope some day someone sees this message and emails me. I'd be willing to pay at least 10 bucks + shipping for a DOS image or something.

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Re:History of Xenix – Microsoft's Forgotten Unix-Based Opera... by hexscrews on Friday October 07, 2016 @06:15PM (#12664325)

Not sure if this will help any. http://www.emsps.com/oldtools/msdos.htm I also read about using a CF to IDE adapter. http://www.yqcomputer.com/1118_467_1.htm

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Re:History of Xenix – Microsoft's Forgotten Unix-Based Opera... by gravypod on Saturday October 08, 2016 @12:16AM (#12665642)

I could make the image provided I had both a 5 1/4 floppy drive and an actual 5 1/4 floppy. I don't have either of those for my new computers.

It's like trying to write a DVD with no burner. Where do you have a computer that still has a DVD drive burner? Same problem I'm having.

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Re:History of Xenix – Microsoft's Forgotten Unix-Based Opera... by pmontra on Saturday October 08, 2016 @03:29AM (#12666047)

My laptop came with a DVD burner a couple of years ago. Maybe used once. I swapped it with a 1 TB SSD earlier this year but I can connect it with USB if I have to.

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Re:History of Xenix – Microsoft's Forgotten Unix-Based Opera... by digi_owl on Sunday October 09, 2016 @02:49PM (#12672700)

A 486 with a 5.25 drive? that's an odd combo to put it mildly.

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