20 May
2023
20 May
'23
11:21 a.m.
On Fri, 19 May 2023 at 23:40, Fred Cisin via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
On Fri, 19 May 2023, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote:
;-)
I do remember that, because I carried around a
USB key with an
Thanks, everybody for the reminders of the Windoze history.
I hereby formally retract my erroneous suggestion of a "386 98,SP2 desktop
with floppies and USB",
and replace my suggestion with:
"a PC with USB and floppies", and let Tony decide what vintage to use.
Fully concur. If it were me, I'd probably suggest some box with from
the end of the era which came with an onboard floppy controller, and
dual-boot 98SE and some old Linux that can handle such a thing, like
Slackware or Debian. That would cover the most bases.
I was startled to discover my (long gone) Athlon XP box could only
handle a single floppy drive. The BIOS has no option for a 2nd.
I can't imagine that was a significant cost saving.
I still suggest the possibility of a current machine
for the interwebs,
with thumb drive sneaker-net to an alder machine with USB and floppies.
Concur.
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