From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] Bitsy questions From: Geoff Collyer In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="upas-reglnggnfpelmlgritwllpxfgd" Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 01:46:46 -0800 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 2f62dfc2-eacd-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --upas-reglnggnfpelmlgritwllpxfgd Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Not too surprising; the PC has ~20 years of legacy cruft to be compatible with. Our ata drivers would probably drive ST506 disks if any could be found. From a fortune file: Backward compatibility means never being able to say 'that was a mistake'. If you build for compatibility with a donkey cart, you don't get a Concorde. --upas-reglnggnfpelmlgritwllpxfgd Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Received: from collyer.net ([10.9.0.12]) by collyer.net; Mon Mar 15 01:39:45 PST 2004 Received: from mail.cse.psu.edu ([130.203.4.6]) by collyer.net; Mon Mar 15 01:39:45 PST 2004 Received: by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server, from userid 60001) id 3ECEC19C3A; Mon, 15 Mar 2004 04:39:22 -0500 (EST) Received: from psuvax1.cse.psu.edu (psuvax1.cse.psu.edu [130.203.4.6]) by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server) with ESMTP id 6E46719C36; Mon, 15 Mar 2004 04:39:19 -0500 (EST) X-Original-To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Delivered-To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Received: by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server, from userid 60001) id 2DD1319BE5; Mon, 15 Mar 2004 04:38:22 -0500 (EST) Received: from sargazos.escet.urjc.es (sargazos.escet.urjc.es [212.128.4.206]) by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server) with ESMTP id 9956A19BE5 for <9fans@cse.psu.edu>; Mon, 15 Mar 2004 04:38:21 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] Bitsy questions From: Fco.J.Ballesteros In-Reply-To: <200403121913.i2CJDTA05825@zamenhof.cs.utwente.nl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: 9fans-admin@cse.psu.edu Errors-To: 9fans-admin@cse.psu.edu X-BeenThere: 9fans@cse.psu.edu X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu List-Id: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans.cse.psu.edu> List-Archive: Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 10:38:20 +0100 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on psuvax1.cse.psu.edu X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 X-Spam-Level: > Is life easier on the bitsy wrt automatic choosing irq's? I'm not responsible for any of the sdata drivers (I think jmk did both), but I found the bitsy a lot cleaner than the PC. --upas-reglnggnfpelmlgritwllpxfgd--