Subj : Re: Day to day uses for retro computers
To   : Roon
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Mon Aug 07 2023 07:53:00

-=> Roon wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

 Ro> i saw yesterday that os/2 warp 4.52 server is also capable to remote
 Ro> boot dos and os2 images. didn't dig further yet, but i am curious for
 Ro> this as well.

Pretty sure you'd need a NIC with a boot rom, a share on the OS/2 server
that held the DOS binaries, and another share to act as the c: drive.

That would be great nowadays, never having to source a MFM hard disk,
floppy drive or disk controller to run retro hardware.



.... How does this work, is there an orientation?
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