Red Hat Commits To MIT's $100 Laptop

Mike McCarty mike.mccarty at sbcglobal.net
Wed Feb 1 20:38:08 UTC 2006


taharka wrote:
> Just to clarify, the entire m0n0wall system is a little over 5 MB & will
> fit (with room to spare) on a 8 MB CF. However, 32 MB is the smallest CF
> that my local drug store caries & probably cheaper than going on a turd
> hunt for 8 MB CF ;-) Gee!!, "Why when I were a lad" we wouldn't be
> having this discussion ;-)

Pardon my ignorance, but what is a CF?

The first computer I programmed was an IBM 1401. We used machine
language (as in hold down "multi-punch" on the card punch machine,
and type enough characters to get exactly the bits needed punched
out of the card). That was in, umm, 1969 or so. The first actual
machine I programmed used plugboards. Of course, it wasn't a
"computer".

Mike
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