Re: A86: Hardrive

To: assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org
Subject: Re: A86: Hardrive
From: TGaArdvark@aol.com
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 1998 23:53:25 EDT
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> I don't know about anyone else...but that sounds wrong to me... the
> harddrive stores data. When u want to use that data, it is sent to the RAM
> where it can be actively used by the computer. If u remove a harddrive your
> computer CAN operate, it just needs a bootable floppy. Although this limits
> the computer, it will still run. I've used many old computers that run off
> only a book disk.

We have about forty IBM-PC 386's at school.  You don't even have to have
a disk in them to boot them.  If they can't find a bootable disk, they boot
to a version of Basic that's built into the BIOS.  Ah, the good old days.

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