Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.7.0.10 $; site ism780 Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!bellcore!decvax!ittatc!dcdwest!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!ism780c!ism780!dougp From: dougp@ism780 Newsgroups: net.arch Subject: Re: Bad Devices (was Re: timing loo Message-ID: <58000003@ism780> Date: Fri, 7-Mar-86 14:15:00 EST Article-I.D.: ism780.58000003 Posted: Fri Mar 7 14:15:00 1986 Date-Received: Sun, 9-Mar-86 00:28:10 EST References: <122@atari.UUcp> Lines: 10 Nf-ID: #R:atari.UUcp:122:ism780:58000003:000:393 Nf-From: ism780!dougp Mar 7 11:15:00 1986 >That is, of course, unless the cost of hardware is a concern. Software >is usually a one-time cost in a device driver for a personal computer, >whereas the hardware continues to cost money, machine after machine. Gee, I wish *any* piece of software was just a "one-time cost". That'd sure make maintenance, upgrades, new ports, etc. *much* easier! :-) Doug Pintar at InterActive Systems