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floppy network card

Tivoli · 2004-01-09 11:45:32

okay we have a tool controlled by a strange pc, its got no hdd, no cd-rom, no pci or isa cards, it just has a bootable floppy drive just wondering if its possibal to insert a floppy disk, that is infact a network card, so that it will download from a server?, kinda like those multimedia adapters that look and work like…

09-01-2004 11:45am

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okay we have a tool controlled by a strange pc, its got no hdd, no cd-rom, no pci or isa cards, it just has a bootable floppy drive

just wondering if its possibal to insert a floppy disk, that is infact a network card, so that it will download from a server?, kinda like those multimedia adapters that look and work like flopies

maybe a second pc could be installed and that connects to the server and feeds the floppy drive

obviousily it must run without installing any hardware or software to run it

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