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Date:      Tue, 20 Feb 1996 10:33:37 +1030 (CST)
From:      Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
To:        RGIREYEV@bellind.com (Rudy Gireyev)
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Becoming a Developer.
Message-ID:  <199602200003.KAA02793@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <96Feb19.143017pst.24322@firewall.bellind.com> from "Rudy Gireyev" at Feb 19, 96 02:19:00 pm

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Rudy Gireyev stands accused of saying:
> 
> My name is Rudy Gireyev and my address is rgireyev@bellind.com. Working   
> on the development of an operating system has always made me drool, so I   
> am exceedingly curious whether I can contribute my services to this   
> wonderful effort. Please let me know what the requirements are from my   
> end, hardware, software, books, experience and others. Any and all   
> questions are welcome I am not easily offended.

Go right ahead; get the source, find something you want to work on and
do it!

In terms of suggestions; I'd say that you'll want two machines, one
to work on, and one to test on.  The latter can be a really puny specimen
(I use an 8M 386/33).  

>From there it really depends on which part(s) you want to work on.

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