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Thomas

@Lilith Das Versenden einer CD-ROM ist auch symbolisch treffend: der Justizvollzug ist in vielen Bereichen technisch im 20. Jahrhundert stehen geblieben. Für Gefangene ist das besonders verheerend, denn sich alleine im Bereich der Consumersoftware up to date zu halten scheitert. Ja, es gibt Leuchtturmprojekte: zB können in der JVA Freiburg Abiturienten an der FernUni Hagen studieren und bekommen dafür Zugang zu einem Studi-Computerraum (mit getunneltem Zugang zur FernUni). Aber einen Flur weiter, da hacken die Gefangenen auf einer alten mechanischen Schreibmaschine ihre Briefe aufs Papier.

#jva#freiburg#FernUniHagen
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Kevin Karhan :verified:

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Speaking of #ROMs for #ix86 / #amd64: Does anyone know a good way to implement something like #Linux in #ROM like the #Tandy #1000RL & #1000RLX did with #MSDOS & #DeskMate:
youtube.com/watch?v=JIEPqD4luG via @vwestlife

  • Or is this something that requires either going down the #PCIe -> #PCI -> #ISA rabbit hole?

I mean, it would be a way cleaner setup to boot OS/1337 to than booting a #CDROM?

  • If noone has an Idea how to make this happen, is there any good way or existing solution to basically make a hardware write-protectable / #readonly #USB flashdrive to boot from?

Ideally something that can take #BIOS-style ROM Chips that one can put on a board without write-enable connected so they're read-only!

Still having like a #minimalist #Linux distro in Boot-ROM would be nifty, espechally when it comes to making a #SecureComputing "#SSH #Terminal"...

  • Maybe @ActionRetro, @mos_8502 and others can point this question to people who are firm in boot ROMs and potentially even have something at hand.

(I don't expect something like a PCI(e Mini)Card but I'd not be against it!)

YouTubeStill the world's fastest booting PC in 2021?By VWestlife
#RetroComputing#Hardware#Question
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mr_daemon

Some time ago, I was asked to share notes and details of how I archived my old CDROM media and I did reply in the thread, but never really posted the guide I wrote otherwise.

So here is the crappiest guide to dumping CD/DVD images on Linux/Unix-likes, in case it happens to be of use to anyone.

gist.github.com/mrdaemon/925f1

GistArchiving CDROMs on Linux, A Quick and Dirty GuideArchiving CDROMs on Linux, A Quick and Dirty Guide - imaging.md
#cdrom#dvd#DataArchival
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ErosBlog Bacchus

When you start getting old, sometimes your memories create weird interference patterns in your vision of current realities. History doesn't repeat, they say, but it sure does echo.

Now that the birdsite has changed all its URLs over to URLs on the x.com domain, I can't see one of those links without thinking of X-COM: UFO DEFENSE, the classic 1994 MicroProse game that ate so VERY many hours of my younger life:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-COM:_U

Scan of a jewel-boxed CD-ROM version of X-Com: UFO Defense, a DOS game from 1994. There's a $9.99 price sticker on the jewel case.
Screenshot of the late stages of a UFO clearing mission in X-COM: UFO DEFENSE. Everything is on fire and the bottom floor of the alien mothership has been blown to shit.
#XCOM#Gaming#Vintage
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