Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: BDI candidates at NAMES .. boot from floppy?

Hi Ken

Does this Compq have onboard graphics ?
If you can find some extra memory, bung it in. Another 16M would be great.

[Note to self - Pack some S3 cards]

If anyone else is planning to bring victims (/backspace) computers, even if
you don't have a CDROM drive that will boot, or even none at all, we can
install from a floppy boot disk and a network. Splash out on a cheap network
card - RealTek 8029 or 8139 are great and shouldn't cost more than $10-15.


Regards, Paul.

On Tuesday 19 March 2002 20:40, Ken Jenkins wrote:
> I'm coming up to NAMES this year with the hope of going away
> with a working EMC box. My candidate is a COMPAQ ProLinea 5166
> 166 mhz/32M RAM/2GB HD/CD/currently has W95 on board ($30).
> I haven't figured out how to tell it to boot from the CD yet
> however and I'm beginning to suspect it can't. Is it possible
> to boot from a floppy to get access to the CD, then go from there?
>
> Also does the above computer sound like it would be an ok
> platform for the BDI. I'll be doing straight S&D to steppers
> with no encoder feedback (4 axis).
>
> Ken Jenkins
> kjenkins@...