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From: bumby@math.rutgers.edu (Richard Bumby)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: Autoexec floppies on Toshiba 1000?
Message-ID: <Jan.23.15.50.17.1990.25641@math.rutgers.edu>
Date: 23 Jan 90 20:50:17 GMT
References: <4893@emory.mathcs.emory.edu>
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.
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Cc: bumby

In article <4893@emory.mathcs.emory.edu> km@mathcs.emory.edu (Ken
Mandelberg) writes:

> . . . <discussion of boot possibilities> . . .
> 
> 3) Buy extended non-volitile ram. This allows a "permanent"
> D drive in ram. The ROM autoexec is fixed to execute the
> D drive autoexec if its there, which could in turn be set to
> exec the floppy autoexec.
> 
> None of these seem attractive.
> 
I would consider (3) to be attractive.  It was this option that
convinced me to buy the T1000 in the first place.  I can't imagine the
machine without the hard-RAM.  On the other hand, someone buying now
might find a better deal in one of the newer machines.
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