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From: Raul Zighelboim <mango@staff.communique.net>
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Subject: RE: ANNOUNCE: One-floppy FreBSD + rich networking
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 10:54:00 -0600
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How about less DOS support, and more networking support (as in fxp0) and
then loading tcpdump in the floppy.  That would make a nice portable
network troobleshooting floppy!

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Raul Zighelboim         mango@staff.communique.net

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Ken Hansen [SMTP:khansen@njcc.com]
> Sent:	Tuesday, January 20, 1998 9:29 AM
> To:	John-Mark Gurney
> Cc:	Amancio Hasty; Andrzej Bialecki; Jonathan Mini;
> freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject:	Re: ANNOUNCE: One-floppy FreBSD + rich networking
> 
> Hello,
> 	FYI - I just put together a system w/K5/133, 16 Meg, floppy & 2
> Meg
> Video
> case, keyboard & mouse (all new) for $225, add a CD-ROM for $50, 16
> Meg
> more
> RAM for $40, and you're at $315. Throw in a network card, $50 (for a
> good DEC
> based one) and you're at $365. There is room for an HD in that price
> (but I 
> had an 850 Meg on the shelf, along with a CD-ROM & RAM).
> 
> 	I like the one-floppy OS for a simple use - walking up to any PC
> w/modem,
> reboot, and I can call my home network and do LOTS of text-based work
> in
> a BSD
> environment. Similar to QNX One Disk demo system (includes
> frames-capable browser!).
> 
> Ken Hansen
> khansen@njcc.com
> 
> John-Mark Gurney wrote:
> 
> <snip>
> 
> > for $450 you could get a 8x cdrom, 32megs ram, 4meg video card (s3
> virge
> > based), k5/133, keyboard, mouse...  add $200 to $1000 for a monitor
> and
> > you have a nice xterminal... :)
> > 
> > --
> >   John-Mark Gurney                          Modem/FAX: +1 541 683
> 6954
> >   Cu Networking                                   P.O. Box 5693,
> 97405
> > 
> >   Live in Peace, destroy Micro$oft, support free software, run
> FreeBSD