From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Feb 20 10:41:43 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id KAA28772 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 20 Feb 1997 10:41:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from phaeton.artisoft.com (phaeton.Artisoft.COM [198.17.250.50]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id KAA28765 for ; Thu, 20 Feb 1997 10:41:40 -0800 (PST) Received: (from terry@localhost) by phaeton.artisoft.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) id LAA15709; Thu, 20 Feb 1997 11:37:29 -0700 From: Terry Lambert Message-Id: <199702201837.LAA15709@phaeton.artisoft.com> Subject: Re: Sun Workshop compiler vs. GCC? To: terry@phaeton.artisoft.com (Terry Lambert) Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 11:37:29 -0700 (MST) Cc: nate@mt.sri.com, mark@quickweb.com, terry@lambert.org, hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199702201821.LAA15669@phaeton.artisoft.com> from "Terry Lambert" at Feb 20, 97 11:21:45 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > At best, you will be able to prove that if you stand on one foot, > rub your belly, and press F8 while installing Windows95, it will keep > 16 bit drivers in the config.sys and (less likely) 16 bit driver loaders > in the autoexec.bat. I will be happy to counter this particular argument, > if you can even make a case for it, with "don't do that, it's a bad idea, > for the reasons I have outlined in other postings". PS: If you can in fact prove this, I *will* admit that I was incorrect about the Windows95 install process. On the minus side: ----------------- I will hedge by claiming that you had to go way off the beaten track to confirm it, and that it is unreasonable to expect me (or any *reasonable* person) to have travelled that same path. I will further claim that your point is irrelevant, since even if you are correct, many 16 bit drivers *still* do not work "happily" without serious changes away from the Microsoft defined Windows95 default configuration. On the plus side: ----------------- I am willing to locally repeat a Windows95 install which you claim will function this way. You should assume that it is an upgrade install from Windows 3.11 or WFWG, and you must provide the files which are left in the config.sys, since none of the files I already have locally act this way. This will remove any shred of deniability on my part, if you are in fact correct. I suppose this presumes that you are willing to go through all of this effort just to have me repost the second three paragraphs of this posting, with minor modifications to the first of the three. Whatever blows your skirts up. Regards, Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.