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from: Michael J. Mahon
date: 2009-01-26 02:32:56
subject: Re: network booting

aiiadict{at}gmail.com wrote:
> On Jan 10, 6:08 am, Jonno Downes  wrote:
>> Eventually I want to get this to something that hides in a rom
>> somewhere, and does a proper 'diskless boot'.
> 
> you could redesign the Uther carrier board to hold a ROM...
> put RAM and a CPU there too so TCP/IP can be run on
> card, freeing up apple II RAM and CPU

Careful.  ;-)

You could add a serial port, a video port, and a keyboard port--
then you could add an external power jack and unplug it from the
Apple II and throw out the Apple II!  ;-)

-michael

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