Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1998 17:04:43 -0700 (PDT) From: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@nas.nasa.gov> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: interesting quote from http://cnls.lanl.gov/avalon/FAQ.html#A1 Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.02.9810071656380.8068-100000@remler.nas.nasa.gov> In-Reply-To: <199810072257.PAA03205@dingo.cdrom.com>
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On Wed, 7 Oct 1998, Mike Smith wrote: > > > > > 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. > > Ick. Are there any AlphaBIOS source licencees anywhere? Don't know. > I'm > specifically thinking about whether it'd be feasible to commission some > work on it to a) produce a documented interface subset for all us > suckers to use, and/or b) make it more server-friendly. I just don't know. Originally I really hated MILO because once you booted it you were stuck with it- but I'm beginning to think that this, after all, might be the right approach with something that has to start from SRM, ARC or AlphaBIOS. > Just idle speculation right now I guess. We need another mole inside > Microsoft I guess. "A Spy in the House of Love" would be a more interesting metaphor. On the other hand if we think of 'mole' we think of the austere verse of Le Carre- when in fact the slapstick spy information of "Our Man in Havana" is more likely what we'd get if we truly had a mole in Microsoft. Sorry- I'm still on France time- it's just after 5pm in Mountain View but my body is saying that it's 02h00 in France......(off home to bed...) -matt To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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