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Date:      Thu, 08 Jul 1999 21:55:32 +0200
From:      Gerald Heinig <heinig@hdz-ima.rwth-aachen.de>
To:        Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>
Cc:        freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Read this...
Message-ID:  <37850234.AEEF1B11@hdz-ima.rwth-aachen.de>
References:  <199907070447.OAA74556@atdot.dotat.org> <3783BCA5.5DAC485B@softweyr.com>

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Wes Peters wrote:

> Mark Newton wrote:
> >
> > Gerald Heinig wrote:
> >
> >  > So far, an intensive (and increasingly expensive) search of www.sun.com,
> >  > docs.sun.com and access1.sun.com hasn't yielded anything that comes
> >  > close to what I'd call a technical reference manual. There are two
> >  > options open, as far as I can see: open up my Sun, look at all the stuff
> >  > inside, get its part no. and get the info for it (if it's available),
> >  > or, ask someone at NetBSD.org  how they did it.
> >  > Option 2 is somewhat unsatisfying, since they must have got their info
> >  > from somewhere...
> >
> > I think you'll find that they got it by opening up their Suns, looking
> > at all the stuff in side, getting its part no., and getting the info for it.
>
> What, you guys don't consider schematics to be documentation?  Sheesh,
> you should try working as an embedded programmer, using ASICs made by
> your own company where the only existing documentation on ANYTHING is
> the VHDL source...
>
> Wimps.  ;^)

Hey, I'm a lazy bum and I'm *proud* of it!! :-) :-)

Gerald



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