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As impressive as it was at the time (and still is), a floppy is writable. Booting from read only media and having a fully functioning OS was completely groundb
by techrat 5y ago
As impressive as it was at the time (and still is), a floppy is writable.
Booting from read only media and having a fully functioning OS was completely groundbreaking. Especially when you consider how much hardware was supported without configuration.
- int_19h 5y agoAs I recall, it worked exactly like a modern live CD, with no state saved to the disk.