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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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