Date: Sat, 22 Nov 1997 16:32:00 -0700 (MST) From: Charles Mott <cmott@srv.net> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Book Club Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971122162849.7232A-100000@darkstar.home> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971122180307.14432X-100000@picnic.mat.net>
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> Yeah, I wasn't calling the world's greatest book, but when the field is > that thin, well, I think it has to be a keeper, else you get nothing at > all. The van Gilluwe book disappointed me in skipping many things I was > specifically interested in, while doing a pedagogical OS for a class, but > I had the field pretty well covered. When you leave the Unix and Windows > fields, what's left is either completely roll-your-own, or you have to get > really familiar with DPMI, and there's just nothing on DPMI out there > except raw specs. Luckily, it's not the worst spec in the world. You've won the argument and saved the day for Shanley. I won't be testing amazon.com's return policy. At the risk of me sounding a little ignorant here, what is DPMI? Charles Mott
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