[geeks] How low can you go...

Lionel Peterson lionel4287 at verizon.net
Sat Mar 17 22:59:16 CDT 2007


>From: der Mouse <mouse at Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA>
>Date: 2007/03/17 Sat PM 09:21:06 CDT
>To: The Geeks List <geeks at sunhelp.org>
>Subject: Re: [geeks] How low can you go...

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>> There is also UUCP and Zmodem.
>
>True, though UUCP isn't much good for real-time data transport such as
>many OS install procedures want (though it could be adapted).  Neither
>is zmodem as it is commonly implemented, though it too could be adapted
>easily enough.

The strangest OS install method I've seen was on the IBM PC110 - what they 
did was to redirect keyboard input to come from the serial port, and they 
slid the Win95 install files in over the serial port..

Lionel



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