demo cd (was: Squeak for WinCE/x86?)
Jimmie Houchin
jhouchin at texoma.net
Wed Aug 7 21:39:54 UTC 2002
From the described situation below would Squeak be able to read/write
to the file systems of all/most of the Squeak supported OSes?
I've helped people in the past before renaming, moving, fixing files on
their computer. I used Python to do the job. (hangs head) :)
It would have been nice not to have to download software to their
computer they'll never use to perform single-time tasks. Now of course
with Squeak I would really like for them to have a reason to download
and keep on their machine. :) And I think they are coming.
Thanks,
Jimmie Houchin
Jason Dufair wrote:
[snip]
> I think it makes perfect sense. It's a demo. All we'd have to do is
> make sure it boots. Who cares what the OS (or of the bits, for that
> matter) on the hard drive(s) of the machine is? If we cover x86 and
> PPC, that only leaves out freaks running things like Acorns (sorry, Tim
> :-)).
>
> As far as the read only changes file, maybe it can get copied to a RAM
> disk. Hand someone a CD, have them pop it in and reboot, and there's
> Squeak, ready to go. In fact, this may well be how I distribute
> Dragonfly (my newly renamed media system), now that I think about it.
> You supply the machine with a network connection (preferably in a
> horizontal black case) and a floppy to store prefs, I supply a CD,
> you've got an addition to your entertainment center.
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