26 Jun
1998
26 Jun
'98
6:31 p.m.
-----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..
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_
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.