[vcf-midatlantic] PC needed for VCFed BBS

[Alan Hightower]

FreeDOS. 

I also recommend keeping a cheap floppy emulator (via SD card) around
just for boot-strapping systems. 

-Alan 

On 2017-04-26 12:12, William Dudley via vcf-midatlantic wrote: 

> Anyone know of a DOS 6.22 image that installs from a CDROM?
> 
> This would obviously boot into something else, like linux, and then install
> DOS.
> 
> Otherwise, it's a real pagent for me to make dos diskettes and install them
> to this
> pizza box. Right now is't booting WinXP, but has a password on it that I
> don't know,
> so to use the WinXP install to make floppies, I'd have to use a Linux
> password fixer disk
> first. Or install linux on the thing, and use *that* to make floppies.
> Stupid, right?
> 
> Thanks,
> Bill Dudley
> 
> This email is free of malware because I run Linux.
> 
> On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 11:53 AM, Dean Notarnicola via vcf-midatlantic <
> vcf-midatlantic at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
> 
> Agreed!
> 
> On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 11:38 AM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic <
> vcf-midatlantic at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
> 
> Thank you Jameel and Degnan. Sounds like Bill Dudley's system is the best
> choice for us.