16 Jan
2006
16 Jan
'06
8:45 a.m.
On Sun, Jan 15, 2006 at 08:54:03PM +0000, Adam Bower wrote:
Pretty much every x86 machine I have *ever* used has been able to boot from CD-Rom, I use this feature and take it pretty much for granted. I find it a sign of how archaic the x86 PC can be that it still has floppy disk drives even now!
You've not been around very long have you! :-)
The first PCs I used *only* had floppy drives, no hard disk, let alone a CD. I've not used 8" floppy drives on PCs but I certainly used them for many years on a Unix box I developed on and some micro based systems.
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Chris Green (chris@areti.co.uk)
"Never ascribe to malice that which can be explained by incompetence."