A self-booting disk is a floppy disk for home computers or personal computers that starts up directly into a standalone application when the system is...
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1990 were self-booting and did not use MS-DOS, IBM PC DOS, or compatible disk operating systems. The phrase "IBM PC compatible self-booting disk" is sometimes...
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support booting from the device in question. One can make one's own boot disk (typically done to prepare for when the system won't start properly). Boot disks...
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website using a private web server Self-booting disk This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Self-hosting. If an internal link led...
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Look up booter or Booter in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Booter may refer to: Self-booting disk, software loaded directly at the bootup of a computer...
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Multi-booting Boot disk Bootkit Comparison of boot loaders Linux startup process Macintosh startup Microreboot Multi boot Network booting RedBoot Self-booting...
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64 in 1986 and ported to the Apple II and IBM PC compatibles (as a self-booting disk). Deep within the Citadel, three runaway chemical reactors are rapidly...
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for the Apple II, Commodore 64, ColecoVision, VIC-20, IBM PC (as a self-booting disk), Intellivision, and TI-99/4A. Superior Software published the port...
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simulator video game. It was released in 1984 for the IBM PC as a self-booting disk. In May 1984, Microsoft released their version 2 (v2.10) for IBM PCs...
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Renaissance, and was published by Epic MegaGames. The game shipped on a self-booting disk, so it could bypass MS-DOS and load into a custom protected mode environment...
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Commodore 64, Nintendo Entertainment System, and IBM PC compatibles (as a self-booting disk). Japanese versions exist for the PC-88, Sharp X1, and MSX2 computers...
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published by Electronic Arts in 1986 for IBM PC compatibles (as a self-booting disk) and Apple II. A Commodore 64 version was released in 1987. Disch's...
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computers, Commodore 64, Commodore Plus/4, IBM PC compatibles (as a self-booting disk), TRS-80, and TI-99/4A. It was later available for Mac, Amiga, and...
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shooter written by Greg Kuperberg and published by Orion Software as a self-booting disk for IBM PC compatibles. It is based on a 1981 Apple II game called...
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2600, Atari 5200, Apple II, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, IBM PC (as a self-booting disk), and ZX Spectrum (as Panama Joe). It was designed and programmed...
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PC compatibles programmed by Michael Abrash and published in 1982 by Funtastic as a self-booting disk. Review in PC Magazine Review in PC World v t e...
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[citation needed] Installer Self-booting disk Shar Kolmogorov complexity, a theoretical lower bound on the size of a self-extracting archive WinRAR WinZip...
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location. Most full disk encryption schemes are vulnerable to a cold boot attack, whereby encryption keys can be stolen by cold-booting a machine already...
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computers, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, and IBM PC compatibles (as a self-booting disk). Versions followed for the TRS-80 Color Computer, Classic Mac OS...
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Apple II, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, Amiga, IBM PC (as a self-booting disk), Macintosh, PC-88, Sharp X1, FM-7, and Nintendo Entertainment System...
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self-booting disk, being one of the first games that MicroProse company released for IBM compatibles. The initial IBM release came on a self-booting disk...
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published in 1982 by Infocom. The game was released for the IBM PC (as a self-booting disk), Apple II, Atari 8-bit computers, Commodore 64, TRS-80, TI-99/4A...
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Sir-Tech for the Commodore 64, Apple II, and IBM PC compatibles (as a self-booting disk) . A port for the Super Famicom and FM Towns was later developed and...
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hardware-FDE in common use: Hard disk drive (HDD) FDE (self-encrypting drive) Enclosed hard disk drive FDE Removable hard disk drive FDE Bridge and Chipset...
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It was ported to the Atari 8-bit computers, VIC-20, IBM PC (as a self-booting disk), and TRS-80. The player controls a character that walks left and...
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a maze game released by Canadian developer Windmill Software as a self-booting disk for IBM PC compatibles. It is similar to the 1982 arcade game Mr....
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Live USB (redirect from USB-bootable Linux distribution)
over with booting macOS from USB. Specialized USB-based booting was proposed by IBM in 2004 with Reincarnating PCs with Portable SoulPads and Boot Linux from...
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such as the Commodore 64, Apple II, and IBM PC compatibles (as a self-booting disk). The game was marketed as an introduction to interactive fiction...
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computers and ported to the Commodore 64 and IBM PC compatibles (as a self-booting disk) in 1984. The game followed on the heel's of Meier's Hellcat Ace,...
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was released for the Commodore 64, Atari 8-bit computers, and as a self-booting disk for IBM PC compatibles. Apple II and TRS-80 Color Computer versions...
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