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26 Jun 1998

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 &lt;gram(a)cnct.com&gt;
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
&lt;classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu&gt;
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_ 