RE: [colorforth] VGA and hard disk ColorForth?

[Fréderic DUBOIS <frederic.dubois@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : Chuck Moore [mailto:chipchuck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Envoyé : jeu. 22 mai 2003 18:21
> À : colorforth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Objet : Re: [colorforth] VGA and hard disk ColorForth?
> 
> 
> To use hard disk, you'll need to define a contiguous file of 
> plentiful size.
> Perhaps a whole disk. Defragmenter makes files contiguous. 
> Then find the
> file's location or write a directory search utility.
>

Why not use a separate partition?
 
> It's a nice development project. But with computer costs so 
> low, I question the value of using older computers.
> 

One thing nice with old computers is that you can find them in trash cans. A
friend of mine found a few years ago a 386 PC in the street, only the
hard-disk was missing. He added an old hard-disk of his and could run Linux.

	Amicalement.




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