Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1998 20:31:03 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Don <don@calis.BlackSun.org> Cc: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@nas.nasa.gov>, Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, mjacob@sally.nas.nasa.gov, alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: interesting quote from http://cnls.lanl.gov/avalon/FAQ.html#A1 Message-ID: <199810080331.UAA00404@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 08 Oct 1998 09:52:32 EDT." <Pine.BSF.3.96.981008095110.1678B-100000@calis.BlackSun.org>
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> > > Why we don't want to use the ARC console, hmm? > > Yes- I agree- except that it's possible that SRM will disappear > > for newer board level alpha products. > > Do people actually like arc console? the srm console is so much easier to > use and so much more console like in the first place. Does anyone really > want to go the direction of menus and such by using a microsoft bios? The problem is that the SRM console isn't available for many systems. If we want to boot on them, we have to support ARC. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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