Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!iuvax!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!rbthomas From: rbthomas@athos.rutgers.edu (Rick Thomas) Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: Re: proposal for PC distribution Message-ID: Date: 7 Aug 89 22:17:44 GMT References: <21203@louie.udel.EDU> Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 28 > The distribution release would be totally BIOS based -- i.e. must hard > disk, maybe floppy disk, perhaps keyboard and video would use the BIOS. > > S/he'd have a system that would at least work. I find the hard > disk problems to be somewhat intolerable. > > marty > ARPA: leisner.henr@xerox.com Sounds great to me. The only problem is who is going to write the bios based drivers for floppy, keyboard, video, etc. (is it even possible? What assumptions does the Bios make about interruptability?) And then how does it fit in with Andy's announced intention to base 2.0 on Bruce's protected mode stuff? Any-thoughts? Any-body? Rick -- Rick Thomas uucp: {ames, att, harvard}!rutgers!jove.rutgers.edu!rbthomas internet: rbthomas@JOVE.RUTGERS.EDU bitnet: rbthomas@zodiac.bitnet Phone: (201) 932-4301