Niezgodka wrote:- 360KB dos. What is the higher DOS version I can install on it? Can I put 6.22 on 360KB floppy?
MS-DOS can be anything from 3.3 to 6.22 (7.x includes 32-Bit code).
In case of 6.x, yes you can. Microsoft once offered 5.25" (360K ?) disks via mail order.
DOS 2.x is pretty much useless (too many limitations), except for maximum compatibility with early software.
All versions of IBM PC-DOS are able run on 16-Bit x86 processors. v3.3 was the last one with XTs in mind.
Alternative DOSes, like FreeDOS (special), Novell DOS 7, PTS-DOS (v6), DR-DOS, DOS Plus and PC-MOS/386 (v3 ?) can run on XTs, too.
Some of them support UMBs even, just like DOS5/6 does, which is nice if your XT is upgraded and you have many drivers to load.
Otherwise, DOS 3.30 (IBM, Compaq) is fine, too, as it has a lower memory footprint.
If you need a mass storage, you can also give ZIP drives a try.
The DOS driver makes use of 8018x or V20/V30 instructions, but there was also a patch, I recall.
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