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37 Operating Systems, 1 PC

Posted by michael on from the chaining-bootloaders-for-fun-and-profit dept.

cpaluc writes "Bored? Surplus spare time and PC hardware? Read on. OSNews has links to a couple of articles (1,2) about a guy who installed 37 operating systems on one PC. There's something to do with your spare time and hardware."

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  1. Alright, let me ask this. by antis0c · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Where the hell did he get all these Operating Systems from? Not even getting into how does he have licenses for them all, but Windows 1.01? All the versions of QNX? I'm asking a serious question too, anyone know where?

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  2. 37 not quite... by DjMd · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Aos|Oberon 2.3.6
    DrDOS 7.2
    FreeDos 7
    MS DOS 5.0
    MS DOS 7
    OS/2
    QubeOS
    SkyOS

    Linux menu
    Conectiva
    Debian
    Immunix
    JBLinux
    Libranet
    Mandrake
    RedHat
    Slackware
    Storm
    Vector

    Unix menu
    AtheOS 0.3.7
    BeOS 5 Personal Edition
    BeOS 5.0.3 Developer Edition
    FreeBSD 4.4
    Minix 2.2
    NetBSD 1.5
    OpenBSD 2.9
    QNX RTP 6.0 (hosted)
    QNX RTP 6.1 (dedicated)
    QNX Neutrino OS 6.2
    SyllableOS 0.4.0

    Windows menu
    Windows 1.01
    Windows 1.03
    Windows 2.03
    Windows 2.10
    Windows 3.1
    Windows 95
    Windows 98 First Edition
    Windows 98 Second Edition
    Windows 98 SE Lite (not counted as separate)
    Windows Me
    Windows 2000
    Windows XP
    Ok I make the list realisticly at 28-ish. I count all the DOS's, Linux distro count as one, 9 Unix's (verses 11 listed), and 10 windows (all win98 as one)...
    You can argue beyond that, but 28 is still impressive... No WinNT?
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  3. Windows 1.0 screenshots by stefanlasiewski · · Score: 5, Interesting

    For a trip down memory lane (ok, I'm lying, my memory lane begins at Windows 3.0), here's a set of Windows screenshots, starting at 1.0 up to Win XP.

    http://www.infosatellite.com/news/2001/10/a25100 1w indowshistory_screenshots.html

    Interesting how similar Windows 2.0 looks to Windows XP, and many other GUI environments...

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