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Xref: sserve comp.periphs:4181 comp.realtime:3599 comp.os.386bsd.development:1118 Newsgroups: comp.periphs,comp.realtime,comp.os.386bsd.development Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!uunet!pipex!ibmpcug!ibmpcug!jshark!joe From: joe@jshark.inet-uk.co.uk (Joe Sharkey) Subject: Re: Why fix the RTC (Real Time Control) for 386bsd Organization: Individual Network (UK) Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1993 21:57:09 GMT Message-ID: <CC10zD.5pD@jshark.inet-uk.co.uk> Followup-To: poster References: <CBvntC.Iys@jshark.inet-uk.co.uk> <jmonroyCBw0vu.Eu5@netcom.com> Lines: 38 In article <jmonroyCBw0vu.Eu5@netcom.com> jmonroy@netcom.com (Jesus Monroy Jr) writes: >Joe Sharkey (joe@jshark.inet-uk.co.uk) wrote: >: Oh, no, J.Monroy, you're doing "it" all over again.... ... >: Why:-( Will we learn anything? Will we get a better OS? A nice happy feeling? Is this so hard to understand? >: > ... lack of work done in this area, RTC (Real-Time Control). >: Geez, Jesus, subtle you aren't! .... >: Real-Time Operating Systems are different from UNIX: have you managed >: to work out why a QIC-40 driver is *so* difficult to write. .... >: I don't even understand the synopsis of section two :-( >: Jesus, are you using the same terminology as the rest of the world? >Joe I doubt that the league you seek is here... > >Get the report read it.... it has footnotes.... and reference books. >Don't bug me. >If you have something important... say it. I guess this means "different terminology" - stated verbosely ;) OK, in BIG letters, so you can tell: JESUS, -- no, *not* you, Mr Lord ;) -- what *is* the problem with floppy disc drives under UNIX? >Jesus Monroy Jr joe. -- Joe Sharkey joe@jshark.inet-uk.co.uk ...!uunet!ibmpcug!jshark!joe 150 Hatfield Rd, St Albans, Herts AL1 4JA, UK Got a real domain name (+44) 727 838662 Mail/News Feeds (v32/v32bis): info@inet-uk.co.uk