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From: bof@wg.saar.de (Patrick Schaaf)
Subject: Re: Report on SVNET: Bill Jolitz's Talk; Mind Overload.
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Date: Fri, 19 Aug 1994 18:10:46 GMT
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tweten@wilbur.nas.nasa.gov (Dave Tweten) writes:

>The final revelation to me was how he planned for users to boot directly
>off the CD, with no need for a boot floppy.  The actual scheme is:
...
>    2.	Boot DOS.

What is DOS?

Patrick