Last updated: 2023-11-27
My collection of computer operating systems can be broken down into seven families.
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| Title | Release | Year | Media | |
| Be, Inc. BeOS 3.0 for Intel (Incomplete set. PowerPC version CD missing.) - ATPM review - September 1998 |
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Retail | 1998 | 1 Floppy 1 CD |
| Be, Inc. BeOS 4.0 for Intel and PowerPC |
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Retail | 1998 | 1 Floppy 1 CD |
| Be, Inc. BeOS 4.5.2 for Intel and PowerPC - InfoWorld overview - August 9, 1999 |
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Retail | 1999 | 1 CD |
| Be, Inc. BeOS 5.0.3 Pro for Intel and PowerPC (GoBe Software Release.) - PC Magazine overview - May 23, 2000 - Run in VirtualBox (PDF) |
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Retail | 2000 | 1 CD |
| Title | Release | Year | Media | |
| Digital Research DR DOS 6.0 |
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Retail Big Box |
1991 | 4 Floppies |
| FreeDOS Project FreeDOS 0.8 |
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OEM | 2002 | 1 CD |
| IBM PC DOS 7 |
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Retail | 1995 | 1 CD |
| Microsoft MS-DOS 6.22 |
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OEM | 1994 | 4 Floppies |
| Microsoft MS-DOS 6.22 |
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Gateway 2000 OEM |
1994 | 1 CD |
| Microsoft MS-DOS 6.22 |
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Micron OEM |
1994 | 1 CD |
| Novell DOS 7 |
 |
Retail Big Box |
1993 | 7 Floppies |
| Title | Release | Year | Media | |
| Caldera Network Desktop 1.0 (Kernel 1.2.13) |
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Retail Big Box |
1996 | 2 Floppies 1 CD |
| Caldera OpenLinux Base 1.1 (Kernel 2.0.29) |
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Retail | 1997 | 1 CD |
| Caldera OpenLinux Lite (Kernel 2.0.29) |
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Retail | 1997 | 1 CD |
| Caldera OpenLinux 1.3 (Kernel 2.0.35) |
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Retail | 1998 | 1 CD |
| Caldera OpenLinux 2.3 (Kernel 2.2.10) |
|
Retail Big Box |
1999 | 1 Floppy 3 CDs |
| Caldera OpenLinux eServer 2.3 (Kernel 2.2.14) |
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Retail | 2000 | 1 CD |
| Caldera OpenLinux eDesktop 2.4 (Kernel 2.2.14) |
|
Retail Big Box |
2000 | 1 Floppy 4 CDs |
| Corel Linux Standard (Kernel 2.2.12) includes Corel WordPerfect 8 for Linux (Light) |
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Retail | 1999 | 2 CDs |
| Corel Linux Deluxe (Kernel 2.2.12) includes Corel WordPerfect 8 for Linux (Full) includes Civilization Call to Power (Limited Edition, Activision) |
|
Retail Big Box |
1999 | 1 Floppy 5 CDs |
| Fedora Workstation 25 (Kernel 4.8.6) |  |
Retail | 2016 | 1 DVD |
| LindowsOS 4.5 (Kernel 2.4.23) |
 |
Magazine Cover Disc |
2003 | 1 CD |
| Linux Slackware 3.2 (Kernel 2.0.29) |
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Retail | 1997 | 4 CDs |
| Red Hat Linux 4.0 (Kernel 2.0.18) |
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Retail Big Box |
1996 | 2 CDs |
| Red Hat Linux 5.2 Red Hat Release (Kernel 2.0.36) |
|
Retail Big Box |
1998 | 1 Floppy 3 CDs |
| Red Hat Linux 5.2 MacMillan Publishing Release (Kernel 2.0.36) | |
Retail Big Box |
1998 | 1 Floppy 3 CDs |
| Red Hat Linux 6.2 Standard (Kernel 2.2.14) |
|
Retail Big Box |
2000 | 1 Floppy 3 CDs |
| Red Hat Linux 7.3 Personal (Kernel 2.4.18) |
|
Retail Big Box |
2002 | 8 CDs |
| Red Hat Linux 8.0 Professional (Kernel 2.4.18) |
|
Retail Big Box |
2002 | 8 CDs 1 DVD |
| Sun Microsystems Java Desktop System 2003 (Kernel 2.4.19) |
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Retail | 2003 | 6 CDs |
| S.u.S.E. Linux 5.3 (Kernel 2.0.35) - First distro to ship KDE Desktop 1.0. |
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Retail Big Box |
1998 | 5 CDs |
| SuSE Linux 6.4 (Kernel 2.2.14) |
|
Retail Big Box |
2000 | 6 CDs |
| SuSE Linux Professional 8.1 (Kernel 2.4.19) |
|
Retail Big Box |
2002 | 7 CDs 1 DVD |
| Novell SuSE Linux Professional 9.2 (Kernel 2.6.8) |
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Retail Big Box |
2004 | 5 CDs 2 DVDs |
| Novell SuSE Linux Professional 9.3 (Kernel 2.6.11) |
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Retail | 2005 | 5 CDs 2 DVDs |
| TurboLinux TurboCluster Server 4.0 (Kernel 2.2.12) |
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Eval | 1999 | 1 CD |
| TurboLinux Workstation 4.0 (Kernel 2.2.12) |
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Retail Big Box |
1999 | 3 Floppies 3 CDs |
| TurboLinux Workstation 6.0 (Kernel 2.2.13) |
|
Retail Big Box |
2000 | 3 Floppies 3 CDs |
| Ubuntu 6.06 LTS (Kernel 2.6.15) |  |
Retail | 2006 | 1 CD |
| Fedora Workstation 30 (Kernel 5.0) Ubuntu 19.04 Desktop (Kernel 5.0) |
|
Magazine Cover Disc |
2019 | 1 DVD Dual-sided |
| Title | Release | Year | Media | |
| Novell NetWare 3.12 |
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Retail | 1994 | 1 CD |
| Novell NetWare 4.1 includes NetWare 4.1 for IBM OS/2 |
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Retail | 1994 | 2 CDs |
| Novell IntranetWare 4.11 |
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Retail | 1996 | 4 CDs |
| Novell NetWare 5 | |
Eval | 1998 | 2 CDs |
| Title | Release | Year | Media | |
| IBM OS/2 2.0 |  |
Retail Big Box |
1992 | 21 Floppies |
| IBM OS/2 2.11 |
|
Retail Big Box |
1993 | 4 Floppies 1 CD |
| IBM OS/2 Warp 3 (Red Spine) | |
Retail Big Box |
1994 | 2 Floppies 2 CDs |
| IBM OS/2 Warp 3 Connect (Blue Spine) |
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Retail Big Box |
1995 | 2 Floppies 3 CDs |
| IBM OS/2 Warp 4 |
|
Retail Big Box |
1996 | 3 Floppies 3 CDs |
| IBM OS/2 Warp 4 Server Advanced |
|
Retail Big Box |
1995 | 2 Floppies 2 CDs |
| Title | Release | Year | Media | |
| Compaq Tru64 UNIX 5.1A |
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Retail Big Box |
2001 | 9 CDs |
| Digital OpenVMS Alpha 7.1 - FreeAXP - A Free Virtual Alpha |
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Retail Big Box |
1996 | 5 CDs 1 Floppy |
| IBM AIX 4.3.2 - IBM Documentation |
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Retail | 1998 | 4 CDs |
| IBM AIX 5L 5.3 - IBM Documentation |
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Retail | 2004 | 8 CDs |
| NeXT NeXTSTEP 3.3 for Intel and NeXT 68K |
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Retail | 1994 | 3 Floppies 1 CD |
| NeXT NeXTSTEP 3.3 for SPARC and PA-RISC |
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Retail | 1995 | 1 CD |
| Novell UnixWare 2.01 Application Server - PC Magazine Network Edition overview - May 1995 - Tech Monitor news - January 1995 - Computerworld - November 1994 - Novell Support: Installing and Configuring UnixWare 2.0 |
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Retail | 1995 | 1 CD |
| QNX Neutrino Real-Time OS 6.3.0 SP3 |
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Retail | 2006 | 1 CD |
| SCO OpenServer 5.0.4 |
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Retail | 1997 | 1 CD |
| SCO OpenServer 5.0.5 |
|
Retail Big Box |
1998 | 6 CDs |
| SCO UnixWare 2.1.2 Free Edition - Press Release - April 1997 (mirror) - Technical Summary - February 1996 |
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Retail | 1997 | 2 Floppies 2 CDs |
| SCO UnixWare 7.1 (MSRP is for the Business Edition.) - IT World Canada overview - March 1999 - Computerworld review - April 1999 - Fun With Virtualization: Unixware 7.1.1 - August 2010 - Fun With Virtualization: Revisiting a UnixWare 7.1.1 install on Qemu/KVM - January 2018 |
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Retail | 1999 | 3 Floppies 6 CDs |
| Sun Microsystems OpenSolaris 2008.11 for Intel |
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Retail | 2008 | 1 CD 1 DVD |
| Sun Microsystems Solaris 2.5.1 Desktop for Intel |
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Retail Big Box |
1996 | 1 Floppy 2 CDs |
| Sun Microsystems Solaris 7 for Intel and SPARC (10/98) |
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Retail | 1998 | 1 Floppy 3 CDs |
| Sun Microsystems Solaris 7 Desktop for SPARC (11/99) |
|
Retail Big Box |
1999 | 10 CDs |
| Sun Microsystems Solaris 8 for Intel (02/00) |
|
Retail | 2000 | 1 Floppy 4 CDs |
| Sun Microsystems Solaris 8 for SPARC (1/01) |
|
Retail Big Box |
2001 | 18 CDs |
| Sun Microsystems Solaris 8 for SPARC (2/04) |
|
Retail Big Box |
2004 | 11 CDs |
| Sun Microsystems Solaris 9 for Intel (8/03) | |
Retail Big Box |
2003 | 9 CDs 1 DVD |
| Sun Microsystems Solaris 9 for SPARC (5/02) | |
Retail Big Box |
2002 | 20 CDs 1 DVD |
| Sun Microsystems Solaris 10 for SPARC and Intel (1/06) |
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Retail | 2006 | 8 DVDs |
| Sun Microsystems Solaris 10 for SPARC and Intel (6/06) | |
Retail | 2006 | 9 DVDs |
| Sun Microsystems Solaris 10 for Intel (5/09) |
|
Retail | 2009 | 1 CD 2 DVDs |
| Title | Release | Year | Media | |
| Microsoft Windows 3.11 |  |
Retail Big Box |
1994 | 7 Floppies |
| Microsoft Windows 3.1 |
|
Gateway 2000 OEM |
1993 | 1 CD |
| Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 3.11 | |
Retail Big Box |
1993 | 8 Floppies |
| Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 3.11 | |
OEM | 1993 | 8 Floppies |
| Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 3.11 |
|
Gateway 2000 OEM |
1993 | 1 CD |
| Microsoft Windows 95 (RTM) |  |
OEM | 1995 | 1 CD |
| Microsoft Windows 95 Upgrade (RTM) | |
Retail | 1995 | 1 CD |
| Microsoft Windwos 95 | |
OEM | 1996 | 1 CD |
| Microsoft Windows 95 with USB Support | |
OEM | 1997 | 1 CD |
| Microsoft Windows 95 OSR 2.5 with Microsoft Plus! 95 | |
OEM | 1997 | 1 CD |
| Microsoft Windows 98 | |
OEM | 1998 | 1 CD |
| Microsoft Windows 98 Upgrade | |
Retail | 1998 | 1 CD |
| Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition | |
OEM | 1999 | 1 CD |
| Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition with Microsoft Plus! 98 | |
OEM | 1999 | 1 CD |
| Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition |  |
OEM | 1999 | 1 CD |
| Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51 |  |
OEM | 1995 | 1 CD |
| Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51 | |
Retail Big Box |
1995 | 3 Floppies 1 CD |
| Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51 | |
Retail | 1995 | 1 CD |
| Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 | |
OEM | 1996 | 3 Floppies 1 CD |
| Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 | |
Retail | 1996 | 1 CD |
| Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 includes Service Pack 4 CD includes Option Pack CD |
|
OEM | 1996 | 3 Floppies 3 CDs |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server |  |
OEM | 1999 | 1 CD |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP4 |  |
OEM | 1999 | 1 CD |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP4 | |
OEM | 1999 | 1 CD |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition SP2 |  |
Volume License |
2006 | 2 CDs |
| Microsoft BackOffice 2.0 - InfoWorld review - May 27, 1996 |
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NFR | 1996 | 4 CDs |
| Microsoft BackOffice 2.5 |
|
Retail | 1996 | 4 CDs |
| Microsoft BackOffice Server 4.0 |
|
Retail | 1997 | 5 CDs |
| Microsoft BackOffice Server 4.5 Developer Edition | |
Retail | 1999 | 8 CDs |
| Microsoft BackOffice Server 2000 | |
NFR | 2000 | 10 CDs 1 DVD |
There are still a few operating systems I don't have yet. Donations are welcomed. :-)
