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Old 09-02-2015, 02:35 PM   #106
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Quote:
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Yes that is an 8 inch floppy install disk!
You are the champion, then!!!! ;-)
A) Copy?
B) Not Linux

Still liking my chances...

Did you know the El Torito bootable CD specification didn't even come out until 1995? I was a little disappointed I couldn't boot from my Trans-Ameritech CD, but then it all came flashing back that booting wasn't a thing you could do with CDs back then. Furthermore, ATAPI, which created a standard interface for things like IDE CDROMs, wasn't adopted until 1998. Before that we had device specific drivers, and interface cards IIRC, for everything. I suppose SCSI CDROMs might have had a standard that predated ATAPI, but who could afford those, I was happy the kernel supported my Mitsumi CDROM at the time.
 
Old 09-02-2015, 02:59 PM   #107
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In my CD wallet I have a collection of CD/R's: Mint 14, Ubuntu 10.10, Slackware 14.1, Opensuse 11.4, DSL 4.4.6, Debian 40r4a?, as well as more up-to-date versions.
 
Old 09-02-2015, 03:23 PM   #108
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Slackware 3.0

Slackware 3.0
Kernel 1.3.18

First attempt at uploading photos. I hope it works.

Ced

Here are my photos:
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Old 09-02-2015, 04:15 PM   #109
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Simply MEPIS

This is about ten years old. I already know I lost the game but it's still fun to play.
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Old 09-02-2015, 04:39 PM   #110
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My oldest linux cd is from the fall of 1993

The oldest Linux CD I have is from LGX.
The Linux/GNU/X-Windows Operating System from Fall 1993 from Yggdrasil Computing, How do we post an image here?

I have a note on the case that says is is version 0.99.5, but I do not remember where I got that from.
 
Old 09-02-2015, 04:54 PM   #111
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Trans-Ameritech

I have something from Trans-Ameritech Systems. I can't remember when I got it but there are 4 disks dated between April 95 to October 96. I wasn't successful at installing them on the 486 I had at the time.
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Old 09-02-2015, 04:57 PM   #112
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I have a disc of Redhat 6, plus a 1000+ page manual by Sams.
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Old 09-02-2015, 05:07 PM   #113
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I know no one will want to see the one on the right, but it is history.
This isn't Linux and it really isn't mine, but I'd thought I'd share.
I worked at my school over the summer helping with imaging the desktops. While we were cleaning out the back room, we came across an unopened copy of Windows. (Unopened as in it still had the original plastic shrink-wrap covering it.) I want to say that it was 3.1, but I'm not positive. I'll see if I can get a picture of it tomorrow morning.
 
Old 09-02-2015, 06:21 PM   #114
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Infomagic 3 cd set from 1994

Includes: Slackware 2.1, SLS 1.06, Debian 0.91 Beta, TAMU 1.0-D, and a bunch of games and apps.
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Old 09-02-2015, 07:01 PM   #115
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My oldest and first distro was Slackware 3.04 (kernel 2.0.30) 4 disc set with 36 pages install. guide, since '98 when I started with a BBS system. Could not attach images, it's disabled.
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Old 09-02-2015, 07:21 PM   #116
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oldest linux installation CD

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Old 09-02-2015, 09:23 PM   #117
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Not just my oldest, but my first distro

Way back in 1997 I started my own little company, and I wanted to learn everything I could. I wandered into a local computer shop and there on the shelf was this book (can't find the book, darn it) "Red Hat Power Tools". It included discs for linux for pretty much all the platforms of the time. It took me hours of trial and error before I saw my first shell prompt, and of course, didn't have a clue what to do with it back then. I have come a long way since then. So these hold a special place for me.
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Old 09-02-2015, 11:24 PM   #118
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Old suse I have a older mandrak just need to find it...
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Old 09-02-2015, 11:51 PM   #119
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How many ancient copies of Linux have you sequestered.

The results of this survey tells me there are a whole bunch of real old tech dweebs out there - just like me in some way.

Cheers guys!
 
Old 09-03-2015, 12:22 AM   #120
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Redhat from late 90s

Redhat from late 90s
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