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Subject: Re: Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth
Date: 16 Jul 2025 20:11:30 GMT
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On Wed, 16 Jul 2025 17:54:43 -0000 (UTC), Rich wrote:

> rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, 16 Jul 2025 01:24:50 -0400, c186282 wrote:
>> 
>>> Xenix 3.x can be downloaded from archive sites.
>>> 
>>> Alas, on checking, it's like *41* floppies worth.
>>> I've installed stuff that spans a few floppies into VirtualBox, but
>>> *41*
>>> ??? Maybe not worth it.
>> 
>> Shades of early Slackware.
> 
> Yep, I full well remember the 20 floppy shuffle to install early
> versions of Slackware.  Not fun, but back then we had no other way.

That was just the starter set. If you wanted gcc, make, and so forth so 
you could actually do something that was about another 20.