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Re:No POST after rm -rf / by yuhong on Monday February 01, 2016 @02:57AM (#11010432)
It wasn't useful for cloners either anyway, as it was copyrighted.
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Re:No POST after rm -rf / by digi_owl on Monday February 01, 2016 @10:18AM (#11012176)
Well it could be used to write a spec sheet that then was used on clean room implement a clone. but i guess there was a risk that some terminology or similar could leak through.
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Re:No POST after rm -rf / by umaxtu on Monday February 01, 2016 @10:34AM (#11012286)
Compaq managed it with their "Portable".
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Re:No POST after rm -rf / by hga on Monday February 01, 2016 @10:44AM (#11012359)
As did Phoenix: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_Technologies#Cloning_t...
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