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> -----Original Message----- > From: CLASSICCMP-owner(a)u.washington.edu > [mailto:CLASSICCMP-owner@u.washington.edu]On Behalf Of Hotze > Sent: Saturday, June 27, 1998 1:28 AM > To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers > Subject: Re: OS's In ROM's (was: Re: Mac Classic prob (was Macintoshes.. > > > Come to think of it, ALL of the Windows CE devices have their OS in ROM. > *My* opinion is that for UNIX hardware, it's going to be UNIX's biggest > competitor. Most Windows CE devices run off of UNIX-style processors, as > that's the only way that they can get any speed inexpensively and with a > decent battery life. > Ciao, > > Tim > -----Original Message----- > From: Ward Donald Griffiths III <gram(a)cnct.com> > To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers > <classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu> > Date: Saturday, June 27, 1998 9:14 AM > Subject: Re: OS's In ROM's (was: Re: Mac Classic prob (was Macintoshes.. > > > >Doug Yowza wrote: > >> > >> On Fri, 26 Jun 1998, Tom Owad wrote: > >> > >> > I belive Apple's Newtons have the OSes in ROM. They > certainly do boot > >> > quickly and a chip swap is need to upgrade the OS. > >> > >> Later Newts, including the eMate, are flash upgradable. A quick boot > >> doesn't require a ROM OS, though. Windows is a slow booter even when > >> ROM'd, but battery-backed RAM gives many portables an instant boot even > >> with Windows. > >> > >> Of course, if you have a GRiD Compass with bubble memory, you get an OS > >> that acts like it's in ROM, but bubbles are writable. > > > >Yes, and bubbles rival floppies for speed. There's a _reason_ why > >that innovation didn't catch on. > >-- > >Ward Griffiths > >They say that politics makes strange bedfellows. > >Of course, the main reason they cuddle up is to screw somebody else. > > Michael Flynn, _Rogue Star_ >