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Date:      Mon, 10 Nov 1997 08:14:38 -0800
From:      Don Wilde <don@PartsNow.com>
To:        Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
Cc:        Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, wghhicks@ix.netcom.com, mini@d198-232.uoregon.edu, chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: x86 gods; advice? Suggestions?
Message-ID:  <346732EE.7855@PartsNow.com>
References:  <199711091531.CAA00402@word.smith.net.au>

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> > > What *I* care about is that OpenBoot is big, it is expensive and
> > > proprietary,
> > 


Whazzat? Isn't OpenBoot the FORTH-based device driver sanitizer? FORTH
is tiny. 

However, my reading of the trades is that it never took off, so I doubt
there will be many more cards with support. 's a shame, because it was
originally a great idea.
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