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Date:      Sun, 09 Nov 1997 03:57:04 -0500
From:      Jerry Hicks <wghhicks@ix.netcom.com>
To:        Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
Cc:        Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, mini@d198-232.uoregon.edu, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: x86 gods; advice? Suggestions?
Message-ID:  <34657AE0.1AFD9984@ix.netcom.com>
References:  <199711090806.SAA00646@word.smith.net.au>

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Mike Smith wrote:
> 
> > > > Well, in the bad old days, I would probably have reached for Forth.
> > > > There is some precedent for this approach over at Sun...
> > >
> > > OpenBoot is big and expensive.
> >
> > And it doesn't lock you into x86 to run the BIOS on video cards...
> > where's the fun in that?
> 
> I don't give a shit what it doesn't do, Terry.  What *I* care about is
> that OpenBoot is big, it is expensive and proprietary, and it is a
> complete crock from the POV of usability.
> 
> Sorry, that's just the way it is.  8(
> 
> mike

Yeah, ain't it a shame tho...

(back to basement, red-eyed, cursing forth...)

J. Hicks



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