From: "Damian Yerrick" <die DOT spammers AT pineight DOT 8m DOT com>
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Subject: Re: how many diskettes for djgpp ?
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 22:21:41 -0500
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 15 Feb 1999, Rafael García wrote:
>
> > I would like to go anywhere with DJGPP and RHIDE in diskettes to install
> > quickly in any PC without CDROM, and use debugger and compiler to polish
a
> > program on the way.
Two words: Zip drive. Iomega makes excellent drives that connect to any PC
with a parallel or USB port (you may need to download the drivers from
www.iomega.com to install on your CD-less PC); carry the driver disk with
you when you go.

> The hard problem is to figure out what do most people see as the
> ``minimal'' package.
The entire package (including the P.O.S. RSXNTDJ) will fit on one 100 MB Zip
disk.