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From: friesen@psivax.UUCP (Stanley Friesen)
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: Re:  BLITs vs. PCs vs normal terminals
Message-ID: <1139@psivax.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 30-Apr-86 14:04:33 EDT
Article-I.D.: psivax.1139
Posted: Wed Apr 30 14:04:33 1986
Date-Received: Sat, 3-May-86 19:09:32 EDT
References: <256@brl-smoke.ARPA>
Reply-To: friesen@psivax.UUCP (Stanley Friesen)
Organization: Pacesetter Systems Inc., Sylmar, CA
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In article <256@brl-smoke.ARPA> moss@BRL.ARPA (Gary S. Moss (SLCBR-VLD-V)) writes:
>Neville writes...
> < ...  Turning it off loses downloaded software.
>What would you expect?  Do you want your program to run on a processor with no
>power?  Do you expect programs loaded in RAM to stay there without power?  Try
>powering down the host computer and see if it does any better.

	I *think* what he is really complaining about is the need to
download the software *every* time you turn th system on, this takes
*time*. It would be nice to just turn the BLIT on and have it work,
just like an ordinary terminal. At least the host computer has a disk
drive to keep the programs on-line when you power it down. What I
would like to see is a BLIT with a bubble memory or battery-powered
static RAM or something like that which retained the downloaded
software when the power is turned off.

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				Sarima (Stanley Friesen)

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