Re: [9fans] Pointers for using Plan 9?

[Lucio De Re <lucio@proxima.alt.za>]

On Fri, Oct 06, 2000 at 11:34:00AM -0400, David Gordon Hogan wrote:
>
> I had 2nd edition running on a Flamingo a long time ago, but I'm
> sure nobody cares.
>
_I_ care, although I have no idea what a Flamingo is (the ones I
am familiar with would object to running 2nd edition, I'm sure).

Whether for historical reasons, or otherwise, I find it painful to
lose information irretrivably (the symptoms of a miser, I believe).
I would like to think that the Flamingo port isn't lost, or if it
is, that it is adequately documented, but I know better :-)

In a sense, the appeal of Plan 9 seemed very much in the underlying
principles, I guess that's why it hurts to hear that bits of it
are being thrown away: how do we know when someone may need to
redevelop them?

On a only slightly related subject, if I'm lucky, I'll be getting
some Sun equipment later this month, in which case a Sparc port
moves into my priority list.  Don't anyone hold their breath :-)

In passing, I have flushed out a misunderstanding that kept Alef
for the Power PC from working.  I have a few very minor, almost
entirely esthetic improvements to the Alef source that anyone with
the 2ed licence is welcome to.  Hm, I wonder if the diffs fall
under the 2ed licence?

++L