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# 15  
Old 10-14-2017
sco install cd -do see the read me file to create floppies
now have to pfind pc with floppy drive
# 16  
Old 10-14-2017
See the other thread from today about booitng to a shell prompt from a cd.
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# 17  
Old 10-19-2017
did follow ideas with jgt helping very much got two new hard drives tried installing 5.07 many different ways nothing worked jdt suggested downloading 6 which I did after few media issues 6 is now running in maintence mode with old drive 0 also installed - hoping to take look at the old drive and possibly find a fix! thanks! bill
# 18  
Old 11-02-2017
After two weeks of emails and phone calls, we have been able to copy all the programs and data off his old system onto a Windows desktop system, with no loss of data. Smilie
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