First, the response was in reference to a MS NT setup, that would
require commercial licensing fees that could easily run into hundreds
or even thousands of dollars, unless the idea was to try and get away
with operating an unlicensed setup and hope not to get sued. Of
course, a knowledgeable
My costs are based on my knowledge of building a server from scratch using
www.jdr.com as a basis.
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You can buy 44 pin laptop (made in China) cf adapters on Amazom for less
than $5.
The DOS image can be made using GHOST 2001 or xcopy loaded onto a floppy.
Most laptop hardrives are easy to remove, DELL uses a removable drawer.
Copy the hardrive using the floppy then pop out the hardrive and
A far superior arrangement for probably 100x the cost. Perhaps the
convention organizers preferred to spend that money on things that
were more meaningful to the convention attendees. Or maybe they just
wanted to keep the money for themselves? Who knows?
On 5/27/14, Christopher Evans
If they ran DOS on a CF chip; they could pull out the chip DOS included
and send it it in.
Smaller than a flopppy and less easily damaged by magnets..
cheers
DS
On Tue, 27 May 2014 23:14:18 -0400 dmccunney dennis.mccun...@gmail.com
writes:
On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 6:45 PM, Matej Horvat
On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 10:09 AM, mcelha...@usnetizen.com wrote:
A far superior arrangement for probably 100x the cost. Perhaps the
convention organizers preferred to spend that money on things that
were more meaningful to the convention attendees. Or maybe they just
wanted to keep the money
On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 10:55 AM, Dale E Sterner sunbeam...@juno.com wrote:
If they ran DOS on a CF chip; they could pull out the chip DOS included
and send it it in.
Smaller than a flopppy and less easily damaged by magnets..
You just won't let that notion go.
They would have to *have* DOS
100x the cost? what the cost of a server ? 400. a couple of surplus
laptops at 200 a wifi router for 150 = 750 estimate
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Hi,
slashdot:
Bug In DOS-Based Voting Machines Disrupts Belgian Election
http://it.slashdot.org/story/14/05/26/1647210/bug-in-dos-based-voting-machines-disrupts-belgian-election
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If you read the actual article, it was not a problem in DOS or the
software running on it, but later on:
After the elections are over the results are loaded on a 3.5-inch floppy
disk and shipped to the canton headquarters where the disks are fed into
another computer that adds up the votes
On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 6:45 PM, Matej Horvat
matej.hor...@guest.arnes.si wrote:
So the fact that DOS was used is completely irrelevant, though it is nice
to know it's being used. :)
DOS pops up in odd places. In 2006, I attended LACon IV, the 54th
annual World Science Fiction Convention,
I would have implemented WinNT networked laptops running a php registration
signin/signup form in a browser that communicates with central database.
and allow badge printing by network printer.
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