On Fri, 19 May 2023 at 23:40, Fred Cisin via cctalk <cctalk@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. -- Liam Proven ~ Profile: https://about.me/liamproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk ~ gMail/gTalk/FB: lpro...@gmail.com Twitter/LinkedIn: lproven ~ Skype: liamproven IoM: (+44) 7624 277612: UK: (+44) 7939-087884 Czech [+ WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal]: (+420) 702-829-053
