--- layout: page title: "OS/2 FOOTBALL Boot Disk (v7.68.17)" permalink: /disks/pc/os2/misc/football/debugger/ machines: - id: deskpro386 type: pc-dbg config: /devices/pc/machine/compaq/deskpro386/ega/2048kb/machine.xml automount: A: name: OS/2 FOOTBALL Boot Disk (v7.68.17) path: /disks/pc/os2/misc/football/debugger/FOOTBALL-7.68.17.json --- OS/2 FOOTBALL Boot Disk (v7.68.17) --- This disk contains a prototype version of OS/2 from early 1987 (code-named FOOTBALL) that was designed to test new features of the Intel 80386 processor (eg, paging and V86-mode). Most of the work on this prototype occurred between December 1, 1986 and February 28, 1987, with the principal goal of demonstrating multiple DOS applications running in V86-mode to BillG (the demo probably occurred in March 1987), but also with the underlying goal of demonstrating to IBM that Microsoft was ahead of the curve on 32-bit design considerations for OS/2. The FOOTBALL prototype was forked from pre-1.0 OS/2 sources, and the only hardware it supported was the Compaq DeskPro 386-16. The source code was later sent to IBM, and as of April 1987, they were adapting it to run on the Model 80 PS/2. No versions of FOOTBALL were ever released outside of Microsoft and IBM. Although FOOTBALL contained features not found in OS/2 until version 2.0, there is no direct connection between this internal Microsoft effort and OS/2 2.0. Some of the 32-bit support and paging work undoubtedly migrated to version 2.0 eventually, but that would have happened much later, since work on OS/2 2.0 did not begin in earnest until October 1987, after 1.0 was finished. A directory listing of this disk is provided [below](#directory-of-os2-football-boot-disk-v76817). {% include machine.html id="deskpro386" %} ### Directory of OS/2 FOOTBALL Boot Disk (v7.68.17) Volume in drive A has no label Directory of A:\ IBMBIO COM 50689 2-27-87 3:49p IBMDOS COM 216962 2-27-87 3:48p OSO001 MSG 40730 2-27-87 12:24p ANSICALL EXE 3165 2-27-87 11:34a BKSCALLS EXE 3611 2-27-87 11:51a BMSCALLS EXE 2064 2-27-87 11:55a BVSCALLS EXE 11710 2-27-87 12:02p DOSCALL1 EXE 7071 2-27-87 12:03p KBDCALLS EXE 4138 2-27-87 12:04p MONCALLS EXE 5655 2-27-87 12:09p MOUCALLS EXE 5177 2-27-87 12:16p QUECALLS EXE 11508 2-27-87 12:28p SESMGR EXE 25744 2-27-87 12:41p SHELL EXE 4096 2-27-87 12:43p VIOCALLS EXE 9833 2-27-87 12:47p CMD EXE 47056 11-17-86 1:52p VT52 SYS 3205 10-27-86 3:57p IBMDOS SYM 50692 2-27-87 3:48p COUNTRY SYS 6175 11-03-86 8:32p MSG EXE 5824 11-03-86 8:36p NLS EXE 3124 11-03-86 8:37p SWAPPER EXE 4150 2-25-87 8:04p EXEHDR EXE 23242 10-17-86 2:24p COMMAND COM 23724 10-27-86 3:57p CONFIG SYS 90 2-27-87 4:14p POINTDD SYS 4240 11-03-86 7:28p VDISK SYS 4662 11-03-86 7:28p PGSWP32 EXE 7570 2-02-87 12:20p LIN EXE 8084 2-12-87 3:00p MAIN EXE 32482 11-14-86 12:44p CPGREP EXE 25286 10-21-86 9:08p 31 File(s) 549888 bytes free Return to [Other OS/2 Disks](/disks/pc/os2/misc/).