19 Oct
1996
19 Oct
'96
12:22 p.m.
Jim Dixon writes:
Gated IMO is a good thing. The problem is the OS/hardware that it runs on top of. I would dred having to install something that needs a hard drive to route packets in a light-out POP.
You don't need a hard drive. Use some of the money you saved by not buying C***o to buy lots of DRAM. Boot from floppy.
Or even buy a flash-based hard drive emulator. Or combine the two solutions.
I've been thinking about this. A while ago I saw a product that emulated dual 1.4MB floppies in flash on an ISA card. This seemed like a good way to start. Has anyone actually tried this? What flash product did you use? /a --- Alexis Rosen Owner/Sysadmin, PANIX Public Access Unix & Internet, NYC. alexis@panix.com