From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 22 13:08:55 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1944916A4CE for ; Fri, 22 Oct 2004 13:08:55 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail97.megamailservers.com (mail97.megamailservers.com [216.251.36.97]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 730C643D1F for ; Fri, 22 Oct 2004 13:08:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from antadam@spymac.com) X-Authenticated-User: atnewhard.microstrain.com Received: from [192.168.167.17] (ipn36372-b84274.cidr.lightship.net [216.204.141.178]) (authenticated bits=0)i9MD8kDd029721 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5 bits=128 verify=NO); Fri, 22 Oct 2004 09:08:48 -0400 Message-ID: <41790660.8050602@spymac.com> Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 09:08:48 -0400 From: adam User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.8 (Windows/20040913) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Matthew Jordan References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Curious (Student) X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 13:08:55 -0000 Matthew Jordan wrote: > My name is Matthew Jordan, and I have an advance interest in operating > system design and programming, and the ability to understand highly > technical documentation, in relation to both computer hardware and > software. > > My aim has always been to learn, to learn about everything. When I > discovered the FreeBSD Operating System, I saw as an oportunity to > both contribute and learn from the project. > > The other programming task I can get done given a set of standards, > but the one question that I have not been so far been able to answer > due to the lack of financial resources is: Is there a general > motherboard architechture, you see if I knew the specfic address of > the DMA, IO Controller etc, I would be in a position to write low > level code to operate with high level code. > > So I am requestion the oportunity to help further develpe this project > in return for access to highly technical data; please note I already > know a myriad of programming languages including, C, C++, C#, Fortran, > Basic, Pascal, J, J++, Java , D, Visual Basic, Assembly etc. I also > possess many other technical skills and knowledge. Furthermore I > possess an Associate Degree in Electrical Engineering, and various CXC > passes especially in Mathematics, Physics, Engilsh, Electronics. > > Bascially I am just asking for your help to learn more and in return I > shall help you. > > Thank You for at least > reading this E-mail! > > All the technical data you speak of is out there. The entire os is completely open source. I think you may be asking more or less of a place to get your feet wet in understanding the os. If you're looking to get into the development of the os itself, I'd suggest directing yourself towards the development section of the freebsd site at http://www.freebsd.org/projects/index.html