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   "Ochal Christophe"  wrote in message   
   news:pvSdncPXWbxfY-HcRVnyvQ@scarlet.biz...   
   > Ben van de Echte wrote:   
   >> "Ochal Christophe"  wrote in message   
   >> news:SfidnYC1SKRRIOncRVnyrw@scarlet.biz...   
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   >>>You would need to use RAD: or RAM: to expand the rest of the OS too, like   
   >>>QNX does IIRC, the same for DOS & dos based browsers, i know, because   
   >>>i've done these things for my work (got a bootcd that boots in DOS, but   
   >>>has access to ftp & www aswell as networkshares, oh, and it reads NTFS   
   >>>too (Read Only tho, for some reason the write enabled ntfsdos kept   
   >>>crashing)   
   >>>   
   >>>There are afew decent resources available on the 'net for this   
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   >> Well it's piss easy to do on a PC, because I have booted DOS graphical   
   >> browsers from a single disk that even work on a stock 640k XT. I couldn't   
   >> find an Amiga graphical browser and suitable dialer that could be   
   >> squeezed onto a single DD floppy so it isn't easy, if it is possible at   
   >> all.   
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   > It's only piss easy if you use a prefab disk image :P   
      
   The DOS ones don't need a prefab disk image, just a bootable disk (format a:   
   /s and then the program files)   
      
      
   > As for the miggy. the issue isn't somuch finding the tools, but squeezing   
   > them on a disk, DD is to small for this both on PC & Amiga   
      
   My XT had a high density floppy controller card so 1.44mb was plenty ;-)   
      
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