From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Nov 9 00:59:52 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id AAA24902 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 9 Nov 1997 00:59:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from dfw-ix6.ix.netcom.com (dfw-ix6.ix.netcom.com [206.214.98.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id AAA24896 for ; Sun, 9 Nov 1997 00:59:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wghhicks@ix.netcom.com) Received: (from smap@localhost) by dfw-ix6.ix.netcom.com (8.8.4/8.8.4) id CAA12618; Sun, 9 Nov 1997 02:57:25 -0600 (CST) Received: from atl-ga7-24.ix.netcom.com(199.183.210.56) by dfw-ix6.ix.netcom.com via smap (V1.3) id rma012615; Sun Nov 9 02:57:22 1997 Message-ID: <34657AE0.1AFD9984@ix.netcom.com> Date: Sun, 09 Nov 1997 03:57:04 -0500 From: Jerry Hicks Reply-To: wghhicks@ix.netcom.com Organization: TerraEarth X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03b8 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.5-STABLE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mike Smith CC: Terry Lambert , mini@d198-232.uoregon.edu, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: x86 gods; advice? Suggestions? References: <199711090806.SAA00646@word.smith.net.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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