Subj : Re: Todays Classic Ad To : Daryl Stout From : Ed Vance Date : Thu Oct 16 2025 16:02:21 > Ed, > Details, details, details. > I had a fellow ham radio operator on my BBS years ago (when it was > still on dial-up. At a "flea market", he found a most unusual system, > with the following: > 1) A 3.5" and a 5.25" floppy drive > 2) A monochrome amber monitor (with complimentary burn-in ). > 3) A keyboard and a mouse > What was missing?? A hard drive, and an operating system!! > So, I created a 3.5" floppy disk with the COMMAND.COM from > Windows 95, and we booted up on A: (3.5") drive. Then, on the > B: (5.25") drive, I had the minimal setup of GTO -- GT Power, > Terminal Only. At the time, it was on dial-up only. But, he was > able to logon to my BBS, and play the games...from a computer > that didn't have a hard drive or an OS!! > Don't give these folks ideas!! > I went to the link on that HOA petition, entered my callsign, > and clicked SEND, once the data was populated. > That'd work...let the computer or keyer do all the work. > It depends on the propagation conditions. I'm hoping they will > get better in the winter. > 73, > Daryl, N5VLZ > ... I got angry at an Italian chef, gave him a pizza my mind. > === MultiMail/Win v0.52 > --- SBBSecho 3.29-Win32 > * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas (1:19/33) That was a nice idea to boot from a floppy so he could read and write posts on your BBS Reading about booting from floppy made me recall about the day after the delicery of a 486DX33 DOS 5.0/WIN 3.1 desktop here, I was looking at the Files installed on the HDD and removing some of those that I thought I would never need to run. When I got done I turned the power switch off and back on after waiting a bit. NOTHING HAPPENED! One of those Files Ithought wasn't needed was CONFIG.SYS . Luckily I had the sense to put the 5.25" disk in the A: drive and turned the power off and back on to get the PC running so I could Copy CONFIG.SYS from the floppy tothe HDD. Next, I called the builder on the L/L and told him what I did He laughed. Ed --- SBBSecho 3.28-Linux * Origin: capitolcityonline.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/HTTP (1:2320/105) .