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   Vince Coen to Sean Dennis   
   MBSE and Pi 2   
   16 Jul 15 21:56:38   
   
   Hello Sean!   
      
   Thursday July 16 2015 12:05, you wrote to me:   
      
    > Hello Vince,   
      
    > 16 Jul 15 14:53, you wrote to me:   
      
    VC>> Some use a hard drive using a Sata interface.   
      
    > To boot off of a Raspberry Pi, you need to use a SD or microSD card   
    > (depending on model), unless they've hacked the CPU to boot off of a   
    > drive connected to the GPIO, as far as I know.  I've never heard of   
    > anyone doing that myself.   
      
    > Sadly, since there's no good DOS emulator for the RPi, I won't be   
    > using one for the BBS.  My users love their DOS doorgames. :)   
      
   Went to Maplins today and thay do not know of any hardware addon that supports   
   a Sata drive (even just for data, e.g., /home)   
      
   So I will pass on it as well.   
      
      
   Vince   
      
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