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From: hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr)
Subject: Re: [Announcement] 386BSD Release 1.0
Message-ID: <hastyCpK21o.FAy@netcom.com>
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References: <newcombe.142.00141E4A@aa.csc.peachnet.edu> <2qdvvp$r@bmerha64.bnr.ca> <2qht16$msc@news.u.washington.edu>
Date: Mon, 9 May 1994 21:51:23 GMT
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In article <2qht16$msc@news.u.washington.edu> tzs@u.washington.edu (Tim Smith) writes:
>In article <2qdvvp$r@bmerha64.bnr.ca>, Jean Cyr <jcyr@bnr.ca> wrote:
>0x80. The system would then boot from it. Heck, if the people who wrote
>the host adaptor firmware wanted to, they could support booting from a
>scanner...
>
Well, microsoft wants move windows to peripherals such as printers so
it wouldn't surprise me to see someone booting a printer :)
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