lyonadmiral
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Just one of those things you stumble across... I picked up IBM DOS 1.1 with docs and disks for $6 very excited although not sure how practical to run my boxen with. 
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DOS 1.1 for $6
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luvit
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i just want to tell you how much you suck. you suck.
congrats on the find ..and for being suckie.
congrats on the find ..and for being suckie.
MikeModifed
Veteran Member
It's all in the timing: http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-DOS-1-1...626?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c9c0b4a42
Dayam!
Mike
Dayam!
Mike
SomeGuy
Veteran Member
Gotta love those buy it nows from people who actually want to move merchandise.
curtis
Veteran Member
Guess sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug!
Great finds.
Great finds.
lyonadmiral
Veteran Member
Isn't that the truth, in life and tech!
bobba84
Veteran Member
And here's me thinking I got DOS 1.1 cheap for $20 about 3 years ago! What a ripper!
CalculatorLab
Experienced Member
Good find! I found a boxed copy of "Crosstalk Communicator" software. It's for dialing up to BBS's and it works pretty good. Has all docs and disks.
SomeGuy
Veteran Member
Crosstalk was an interesting program. It was written by an outfit in Roswell Georgia that used to be located just up the street from where the VCFSE is held.
Maverick1978
Veteran Member
Nice find! I got mine about 2 years ago for $0.99 with $5 shipping. Mint shape, but unfortunately, I couldn't get the diskette to read in any of three known-good 1.2mb drives, though I didn't try any of my 360kb drives (I shouldn't have had to) - still, it goes nice with my set of IBM DOS versions on the shelf. Now if I can just find that "1.10 with Graphics" and 1.0 versions for less than my first-born child....
SomeGuy
Veteran Member
What is the difference between normal PC-DOS 1.10 and PC-DOS 1.10 "With Graphics?"Now if I can just find that "1.10 with Graphics" and 1.0 versions for less than my first-born child....
There actually is one on eBeh right now with a "With Graphics" sticker: http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-IBM.../291531484536?hash=item43e0a16d78#ht_3154wt_0
But, yea that guy want an arm, leg, and a few other misc appendages.
paul
Veteran Member
$6 is a great find for any older DOS in good shape. I used up all my good luck 15 years ago when I purchased a clean 5150 in the original box for $100 and found an unmolested DOS 1.0 binder stashed underneath the PC. It even has a few pages printed on a dot matrix printer that must have been added at the last minute.
lyonadmiral
Veteran Member
Question is, do you still have both, and would you post some pics?
Chuck(G)
25k Member
Nice find! I got mine about 2 years ago for $0.99 with $5 shipping. Mint shape, but unfortunately, I couldn't get the diskette to read in any of three known-good 1.2mb drives, though I didn't try any of my 360kb drives (I shouldn't have had to) - still, it goes nice with my set of IBM DOS versions on the shelf. Now if I can just find that "1.10 with Graphics" and 1.0 versions for less than my first-born child....
How did you try to read it? Note that the disk is 160KB (single-sided, 8 sectors) and does not contain a boot sector recognizable to later versions of DOS. Try reading it under plain DOS and you'll get a "General Failure Error". Use an imaging tool such as IMD and you'll be fine.