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>Yes...an XT clone that you built would be a good one!
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>I noticed that those XT's will run any version of msdos...even msdos 6.22
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true. and I got windows 3.1 to run on mine.

>but those Compaq "sewing machines" will only run dos 2.2 (or something like
>that)
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they are supposed to run compaq dos, but I have dos 3.x (3?) running
on this one, and I did have another one with dos 5 on it, you have to
upgrade to each version to get there.
dos 5 is my favorite, 4 sucked, 6.22 is nice, but not on xt class.

>I found one that was discarded and at first thought it was defective...
>but just kept trying different boot disks and finally got it going.
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My first wasn't too old when I got it, I basicly was a fence but
still, 100 bucks and it was mine.
This one I found in a dumpster IN THE RAIN!!!!
I dried it out, waited 2 days, and it booted up and ran fine!!!!
STILL DOES!!!!! And the neat thing, is all the data and programs were
still intact, and had not been accessed since 1987!!!!!

>I try to keep disk images of all dos version ...just in case I need them!
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I need to.....
I'm looking for Geoworks,DR DOS5 and desqview.
WessD