Hello everyone!
I am new here, and I am only 17, with practically no knowledge about Vintage Computers. I found a IBM XT 286 in my basement that my dad had turned a monitor over on top of and had been using the top as a sort of table for his mouse. Upon giving him an actual table to use, he let me take the computer. Now, I obviously knew that there was a reason it was not being used, but I tried it anyways. When it starts, it says:
00640 KB OK
162-System Options Not Set-(Run SETUP)
CompatiCard IV BIOS Version 1.04
Copyright 1989-1990 by MicroSolutions, Inc.
Card address: B, BIOS address: CE00:0000h
DMA Channel: 2, Interrupt Level: 6
Drive B1 -> 3.5 inch 1.4 MB
(Resume = "F1" KEY)
Upon pressing the f1 key, it goes to BASIC.
The IBM Personal Computer Basic
Version C1.10 Copyright IBM Corp 1981
62940 Bytes free
OK
How can I get DOS to run?
Thanks!
I am new here, and I am only 17, with practically no knowledge about Vintage Computers. I found a IBM XT 286 in my basement that my dad had turned a monitor over on top of and had been using the top as a sort of table for his mouse. Upon giving him an actual table to use, he let me take the computer. Now, I obviously knew that there was a reason it was not being used, but I tried it anyways. When it starts, it says:
00640 KB OK
162-System Options Not Set-(Run SETUP)
CompatiCard IV BIOS Version 1.04
Copyright 1989-1990 by MicroSolutions, Inc.
Card address: B, BIOS address: CE00:0000h
DMA Channel: 2, Interrupt Level: 6
Drive B1 -> 3.5 inch 1.4 MB
(Resume = "F1" KEY)
Upon pressing the f1 key, it goes to BASIC.
The IBM Personal Computer Basic
Version C1.10 Copyright IBM Corp 1981
62940 Bytes free
OK
How can I get DOS to run?
Thanks!
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