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From: mem@mv.mv.com (Mark E. Mallett)
Subject: Re: Free software and the future of support for Diamond products
Message-ID: <1992Sep7.204537.26238@mv.mv.com>
Keywords: Diamond, free-software
Organization: MV Communications, Inc.
References: <1992Sep6.210159.18607@cbnewsj.cb.att.com> <lalqmgINNa96@needmore.cs.utexas.edu> <1992Sep7.133347.4433@cbnewsj.cb.att.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 20:45:37 GMT
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In article <1992Sep7.133347.4433@cbnewsj.cb.att.com> dwex@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (david.e.wexelblat) writes:
>3) Some of us are such Unix snobs that DOS will never touch our machine.
> Having to boot DOS, then boot Unix, is an unnacceptable crock. If you
> want to do it, fine. But don't suggest that as a rational alternative.
>4) No other manufacturer is trying to make us jump through hoops, so we just
> plain won't support the one that is.
Just as an aside, I have had to boot MSDOS to configure at least 2
cards for my ISC machine. Both were Ethernet cards: the 3c503 and the
WD 8013 (er, SMC Ethercard Plus Elite). Imagine my surprise (and, I'm
sure, that of many) to find that there was no facility for this under
UNIX, and that I had to go out and buy a copy of MSDOS.
I have also had to boot MSDOS just to run the diagnostics on nearly every
card.
Not the same, I know, as this issue. But still pretty annoying.
-mm-
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