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Xref: sserve comp.unix.sysv386:23453 comp.windows.x:44851 comp.os.linux:9494 comp.os.mach:2087 comp.unix.bsd:4696 Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386,comp.windows.x,comp.os.linux,comp.os.mach,comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!sdd.hp.com!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!news.cso.uiuc.edu!uxa.cso.uiuc.edu!pereckas From: pereckas@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (pereckas michael s) Subject: Re: Free software and the future of support for Diamond products References: <1992Sep6.210159.18607@cbnewsj.cb.att.com> <lalqmgINNa96@needmore.cs.utexas.edu> <1992Sep7.133347.4433@cbnewsj.cb.att.com> <1992Sep7.204537.26238@mv.mv.com> Message-ID: <Bu8Drt.2Ls@news.cso.uiuc.edu> Sender: usenet@news.cso.uiuc.edu (Net Noise owner) Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 23:11:51 GMT Keywords: Diamond, free-software Lines: 18 mem@mv.mv.com (Mark E. Mallett) writes: >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. Just think of MS-DOS as a super ROM monitor that isn't in ROM, or a special hardware diagnostic/configuration mode. :-) :-) :-) -- Michael Pereckas pereckas@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu Have you used the term ``nasal demons'' today?