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Yes... That's right... For CPU/Ram I put "4.77 MHz / 128 KB".
It is true...
I am looking for MS-DOS 1.1 for a an old word processor I found in a friends garage. Not Even knowing what it was, he gave it to me. I think it is a treasure. But it needs an O/S. It came stock with MS-DOS 1.1, so that's what I want to put back in it. (I don't think it would handle anything else.)
So I guess what I'm looking for is an .ISO file or something of a MS-DOS 1.1 floppy disk. Anyone know where I can get one?If you are wondering what the specs of my machine are or if you're just curious about my treasure you can go here to find out more about it:
http://old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=547
I don't know where to get 1.1, but I had one of those "portables"; a 286 with a whopping 512K.
A week ago I would have bet there'd never be a call for anything earlier than DOS 3x. Good thing I held on to my money.
If at first you don't succeed, you're about average.M2
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Indeed, this just came up the other day - as the briefest glance at the forum page will tell you. Same points apply.
I also own a similar (possibly the same) Compaq XT "luggable" - it came with DOS2, but I ended up upgrading, as the OS was damaged. Very likely you could add DRAM chips to bring the memory up to the max 640K - at any rate, nearly any DOS will work, even with 128K, although you may be limited in just what applications would run with limited RAM.
ISOs are CD images - you'd be looking for an IMG or similar diskette image file, but you would also require a method of creating the 5¼" floppy.
Not too common (or useful) to say the least, and still protected by copyright, technically
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As you cast about for a 5.25 drive, keep in mind that a 1.2 drive can be made to write 360K but it will often not read reliably in a 360 drive; because the 1.2 tracks are skinnier.
If at first you don't succeed, you're about average.M2
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... yes, that was mentioned in passing
Ah, the amazing Google
(1.25 was the first M$ release - previous versions were IBM DOS, iirc)
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Getting a 5.25 drive/disk is not my problem. I can temporarily hook up a 3.5 via an adapter I pulled out of another old computer. I have tested this method and it works. I just need the disk to put in it.
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Ok, well good then. From the looks of it, that "bootdisk" may well be the entire OS (fwiw)
Still, I suspect you may have problems - support for 3½" drives was not available in older DOS versions, and that image file is likely for a 360K (or less) 5¼"
For any true functionality, you would need to go to at least DOS3.2 or 3.3
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"As you cast about for a 5.25 drive, keep in mind that a 1.2 drive can be made to write 360K but it will often not read reliably in a 360 drive; because the 1.2 tracks are skinnier."
The problem was that the 1.2 track was narrower and wrote in the 'middle' of an existing 360 track. Solved by erasing the floppy with a magnet and formatting on a 1.2 drive - making sure not to write to it with a 360k drive.
Martin - (with a box of 8" disks on the shelf next to me and no drives left working).
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