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Xref: sserve comp.unix.sysv386:23454 comp.windows.x:44853 comp.os.linux:9497 comp.os.mach:2088 comp.unix.bsd:4698 Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!news!brtmac From: brtmac@maverick.ksu.ksu.edu (Brett McCoy) Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386,comp.windows.x,comp.os.linux,comp.os.mach,comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: Free software and the future of support for Diamond products Date: 7 Sep 92 19:13:38 Organization: Kansas State University Lines: 15 Message-ID: <BRTMAC.92Sep7191338@maverick.ksu.ksu.edu> 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> <Bu8Drt.2Ls@news.cso.uiuc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: maverick.ksu.ksu.edu In-reply-to: pereckas@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu's message of Mon, 7 Sep 1992 23:11:51 GMT In article <Bu8Drt.2Ls@news.cso.uiuc.edu> pereckas@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (pereckas michael s) writes: >>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. :-) :-) :-) Here's an idea. Make new boot ROMS for intel based boxes that have a Sun like boot monitor *and* MS-DOS. If you use 1M flash ROMS it should be easy to fit it all and easy to upgrade. That way all the MS-DOS executables for configuring and testing hardware can be run easily without have to degrade the machine by installing MS-DOS on it. ++Brett;