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[Terry Maiden <t.maiden AT att.net>]

I still read this list and I occasionally still play around with baslinux.

On a previous topic where the gentleman could not get a network connection 
with QEMU I wonder what version of QEMU he is using?
   
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On Thu, 11/17/16, itfactor36 <itfactor36 AT gmail.com> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [BL] An unusual project . .
 To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
 Date: Thursday, November 17, 2016, 10:10 AM
 
 
 On Mon, 10 Oct 2016 01:03:09 +1100, Philip Rhoades wrote:
 >>> I wonder if anyone else is still reading this
 mail list.
 >> Doesn't look like it . .
 
 "Ron Clarke" <ariadne AT ausreg.com>
 wrote:
 > I still read this mail list.
 > And I still have working BL distros, but I now mostly
 use DOS and Slackware 14.2
 
 Another good use-case scenario for keeping around both
 DOS and working BL distros is to uniquely keep these on
 really small but NON-DEFECTIVE 20GB or less IDE (EIDE)
 hdd's that are suprisingly still around. Having a
 bootable DOS 6.2 on such an hdd is useful for some of those
 DOS-based flash-BIOS firmware utilities that a few
 manufacturers keep around for their older motherboards.
 Having BL distros around on such hdd's is incredibly
 useful for various system utilities such as repartitioning,
 wiping data off of, and/or thoroughly scanning other
 attached hdd's for physically defects.
 
 OTOH, on such older, lower-capacity hdd's
 with DOS and BL, wouldn't really need to install
 Slackware 14.2 or even use some small "live"-type
 distro on them  (e.g., using Tom's Root Boot floppy,
 Damn Small Linux, Tiny Core Linux...etc.)
 
 
 
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