On 1 Feb 98 11:49am, Nathan Malyon wrote to William Hargrave:
-=> A Communique from William Hargrave to Louie Tarpo was being thrown out
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NM> Airlock <=-
WH> Hello Louie!
WH> On Mon 12 Jan 1998 at 00:23 you wrote the following to William
WH> Hargrave:
WH>> Can't say really as it depends on what the host OS was.
WH>> It's probably rather difficult.
NM>
LT> it's USUALLY win95. But we've done linux, dos 3.31, 5.0, 6.22....
LT> win3.1, 3.11 etc....
WH> I though Win95 couldn't be booted off EPROM? That's what I was told,
WH> anyway.
WH> Dos should be fairly easiy.
WH> And Linux too, just set it up to tftp the files...
NM> aint you guys talking about Remote-booting option
NM> its cheaper and easier to just buy a 500 to 600 mb hdd and run
NM> essentials off that, the rest off the server
The idea behind RPL is to remove the ability of the end user to be able
to insert code or programs from the workstation. No floppy, no HDD ...
no access to network storage for the purpose of uploading to the server
(or running external code from the workstation).
George
... Drive defensively. Buy a tank.
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