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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. [email protected] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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