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- From: warwick@cs.uq.oz.au (Warwick Allison)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Re: Porky pig.
- Message-ID: <11652@uqcspe.cs.uq.oz.au>
- Date: 13 Jan 93 00:11:32 GMT
- References: <5JAN93.09425752@cc4.crl.aecl.ca><C0Furt.I67@news.cso.uiuc.edu>, <H.ea.0kgtRS0BsQs@semprini.tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca> <1993Jan11.021216.13462@bsu-ucs> <H.ea.vmmCYe4H5P6@semprini.tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca>
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- cherborth@semprini.tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca (Chris Herborth) writes:
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- >How exactly does one pirate a CD-ROM? 650M hard drives aren't exactly
- >cheap... ;-)
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- For those who don't know, you don't run OS's off a CD-ROM. The CD-ROM is
- only for installation purposes - it's like a tape, but cheaper to produce.
- One reason WHY you don't is that a CD-ROM is WAY to slow.
-
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- >Precisely why I'm trying to collect as much info as possible...
-
- Check the availability of GNU software, especially GCC/G++ on the PC and Mac
- platforms. Under Linux, YES, under DOS, NOT REALLY.
-
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- Warwick
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