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### OS/2 CP-DOS Boot Disk (v7.68)
The [OS/2 CP-DOS Boot Disk (v7.68)](/disks/pc/os2/misc/cpdos/86295/) contains a pre-1.0 version of OS/2
The [OS/2 CP-DOS Boot Disk (v7.68)](/disks/pc/os2/misc/cpdos/86295/) contained a pre-1.0 version of OS/2
(aka **CP-DOS** or **286DOS** or **DOS5**) built on October 22, 1986.
### OS/2 FOOTBALL Boot Disk (v7.68.17)
The [OS/2 FOOTBALL Boot Disk (v7.68.17)](/disks/pc/os2/misc/football/87058/) contains a prototype version of OS/2
The [OS/2 FOOTBALL Boot Disk (v7.68.17)](/disks/pc/os2/misc/football/87058/) contained a prototype version of OS/2
from February 1987 that was designed to test two important new features of the Intel 80386 processor: paging and V86-mode.
This prototype was forked from pre-1.0 OS/2 sources, and the only hardware it supported was the Compaq DeskPro 386-16.
### OS/2 FOOTBALL Boot Disk (v4.41.00)
The [OS/2 FOOTBALL Boot Disk (v4.41.00)](/disks/pc/os2/misc/football/87357/) contains an updated FOOTBALL prototype.
The [OS/2 FOOTBALL Boot Disk (v4.41.00)](/disks/pc/os2/misc/football/87357/) contained an updated FOOTBALL prototype.
It was built in December 1987, using final OS/2 1.0 sources merged with assorted FOOTBALL changes, and although
it was originally assigned version number 1.3, this version of OS/2 would ultimately become 2.0.
### OS/2 SIZZLE Boot Disk (v7.68.18)
The [OS/2 SIZZLE Boot Disk (v7.68.18)](/disks/pc/os2/misc/cpdos/87007/) contained a pre-1.0 version of OS/2
(aka **CP-DOS** or **286DOS** or **DOS5**) built on January 7, 1987.
### OS/2 SIZZLE Boot Disk (v7.68.18 DEBUG)
The [OS/2 SIZZLE Boot Disk (v7.68.18 DEBUG)](/disks/pc/os2/misc/cpdos/87007/debug/) was largely identical to the
previous disk, with the exception of a *DEBUG* kernel (with built-in debugger) and a different assortment of tools.
### OS/2 1.0 Debugger Boot Disk
The [OS/2 1.0 Debugger Boot Disk](/disks/pc/os2/misc/1.0/88286/) contains a version of OS/2 1.0 built on
The [OS/2 1.0 Debugger Boot Disk](/disks/pc/os2/misc/1.0/88286/) contained a version of OS/2 1.0 built on
October 12, 1988, which included the built-in kernel debugger used by Microsoft and IBM for internal development,
along with a rudimentary program selector. For more details, see the [OS/2 1.0](/blog/2014/12/04/) blog post.