Date: Sat, 15 Apr 1995 10:33:33 -0700 From: David Greenman <davidg@Root.COM> To: uhclem@nemesis.lonestar.org (Frank Durda IV) Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Memory init pattern Message-ID: <199504151733.KAA00867@corbin.Root.COM> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 15 Apr 95 10:11:53 PDT." <199504151711.KAA00834@corbin.Root.COM>
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>>What has happened more recently is that TI has been suing computer
>>makers for performing power-on diagnostics and the memory test
>>(not the initialization) was considered to be one of them. That is
>
> Operating system startup memory tests have been done for longer than Tandy
^^^^^
>has been in business (even late 60's DEC machines did this).
Oops, I meant "TI"...but now that I think about it, I don't know how long
TI has been is business. ...but my point still stands about there being
systems far before '78 that used start-up memory tests, however.
-DG
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