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   "Ochal Christophe"  wrote in message   
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   > Ben van de Echte wrote:   
   >> "Ochal Christophe"  wrote in message   
   >> news:pvSdncPXWbxfY-HcRVnyvQ@scarlet.biz...   
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   >>>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   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>>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.   
   >>>   
   >>>It's only piss easy if you use a prefab disk image :P   
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   >>   
   >> The DOS ones don't need a prefab disk image, just a bootable disk (format   
   >> a: /s and then the program files)   
   >   
   > Wich ones are you refurring to then, the ones i used/tested were a bitches   
   > to get on a disk, well, the browsers were painless, squeezing TCP/IP on   
   > the same disk wasn't as painless. not to mention having it work over   
   > ethernet.   
      
   Arachne from memory with it's built in dialer. Never tried over ethernet.   
      
   >>>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 ;-)   
   >   
   > I'm so glad disks are a thing of the past :D   
      
   Me too :-)   
      
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