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Subject: Re: x86 gods; advice? Suggestions? 
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> > > 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