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."
I couldn't sit still that long. Sure, some OS installations are more time-consuming than others, but in general I don't look forward to the interminable wait between prompts.
I'd also be curious to know how many reboots it took. I also want to know how come nobody cared enough to get William Shatner to go to this guy's house and say "What's wrong with you? Have you ever slept with a woman?".
I also want to know how come nobody cared enough to get William Shatner to go to this guy's house and say "What's wrong with you? Have you ever slept with a woman?".
From the article:
Were there any OSes you couldn't find?
Yes. Windows 1.0. Refer to the statement on Jupiter's 7th moon in previous answer. Oh, and I couldn't find an OS that would tell me how to successfully deal with girls either.
Am I the only person who finds this statement a bit incongruous coming from someone with the nick "Zen Mastuh"?;-)
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Come on, give it up, that's
Alright, let me ask this.
by
antis0c
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· 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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..There's a-dooin's a-transpirin'
Quick! Someone call the BSA!
by
Aexia
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· Score: 5, Funny
* 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
Not only do we need to verify that he has licenses for each of those installations, I'm willing to bet he illegally transfered licenses from their original systems!
In short, this man is a terrorist who only wishes to kill each and every freedom-loving American. Arrest him now!
Re:Quick! Someone call the BSA!
by
Electrum
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· Score: 5, Insightful
The key word is "or". He would not have the license for all of the above, just one of the above.
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?
Interesting how similar Windows 2.0 looks to Windows XP, and many other GUI environments...
-- "Can of worms? The can is open... the worms are everywhere."
XOSL obviously not planning ahead
by
prockcore
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· Score: 5, Funny
XOSL has a 24 boot-item limit and a 56 partition limit, forcing me to install more than one dedicate installation.
"24 boot items ought to be enough for everybody!" - Gill Bates, XOSL Developer, 1980
Re:Apple Rhapsody x86
by
Aqua+OS+X
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· Score: 5, Insightful
It'd be neat to see that guy toss in a PPC and a 68xxx emulator too. If did that he could be up to 50+ OSes... however I guess emulators might be thought of as "cheating."
It might be fun to try an build a modern version of one of these old Apple machines: Power Macintosh 7300/180 PC Compatible These thing has both a PPC 604e and a Pentium 1. They could boot a PPC OS and an x86 OS at the same time. One could use a key combo to switch OSes on the fly.... they where rad:).
-- "Things are more moderner than before- bigger, and yet smaller- it's computers-- San Dimas High School football RULES!"
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I can't even name 37 operating systems
Where is emacs?
I couldn't sit still that long. Sure, some OS installations are more time-consuming than others, but in general I don't look forward to the interminable wait between prompts.
I'd also be curious to know how many reboots it took. I also want to know how come nobody cared enough to get William Shatner to go to this guy's house and say "What's wrong with you? Have you ever slept with a woman?".
"What is the sound of one belly slapping?"
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?
..There's a-dooin's a-transpirin'
* 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
Not only do we need to verify that he has licenses for each of those installations, I'm willing to bet he illegally transfered licenses from their original systems!
In short, this man is a terrorist who only wishes to kill each and every freedom-loving American. Arrest him now!
Actually he just wanted to be on Slashdot ...
/. ? :)
What would *you* do to be on
theefer
Try not to install any operating systems on the way to the parking lot!
You can argue beyond that, but 28 is still impressive... No WinNT?
DJMD - The fourth man - Planetary
That's a little bit of an understatement. So how many version of Windows before it starts getting redundant?
1 ??
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.
0 1w indowshistory_screenshots.html
http://www.infosatellite.com/news/2001/10/a2510
Interesting how similar Windows 2.0 looks to Windows XP, and many other GUI environments...
"Can of worms? The can is open... the worms are everywhere."
"24 boot items ought to be enough for everybody!" - Gill Bates, XOSL Developer, 1980
It'd be neat to see that guy toss in a PPC and a 68xxx emulator too. If did that he could be up to 50+ OSes... however I guess emulators might be thought of as "cheating."
:).
It might be fun to try an build a modern version of one of these old Apple machines: Power Macintosh 7300/180 PC Compatible
These thing has both a PPC 604e and a Pentium 1. They could boot a PPC OS and an x86 OS at the same time. One could use a key combo to switch OSes on the fly.... they where rad
"Things are more moderner than before- bigger, and yet smaller- it's computers-- San Dimas High School football RULES!"