Subj : Re: MS-DOS HDDs and partitions
To   : Paulie420
From : Abbub
Date : Mon Apr 17 2023 19:37:24

 > Oh - I know, and appreicate the Gotek suggestion; I looked at it but
 > chose CFCard for a few reasons... this particular 486 has a network
 > card w/ ethernet that I can transfer files over, and I have a couple
 > other solutions - I was really just catching video for a youtube thing
 > later, and having fun doing so. :P

Oh, I wasn't suggesting it as an alternative to the CF card. The CF card
replaced the mechanical hard drive. The Gotek replaced the floppy drive. This
system that the BBS is running on (a 386) and the system I've been working on
(a 486) both use CF as their 'hard drives' and have Goteks for getting
software onto and off of them (in addition to network controllers).

The handy thing about it is that you can just pull a bunch of software images
from somewhere like WinworldPC, copy them to your USB key, and be installing
them on your system a few minutes later.

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