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From: steve@polyslo.UUCP (Steve DeJarnett)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Unix in ROM [was Re: Jerry Pournelle on UNIX (From BYTE)]
Message-ID: <1007@polyslo.UUCP>
Date: 12 Jan 88 04:52:24 GMT
References: <1495@osiris.UUCP> <2126@haddock.ISC.COM> <1497@osiris.UUCP> <9601@tekecs.TEK.COM>
Reply-To: steve@polyslo.UUCP (Steve DeJarnett)
Organization: Cal Poly State Univ,CSC Dept,San Luis Obispo,CA 93407
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In article <9601@tekecs.TEK.COM> andrew@frip.gwd.tek.com (Andrew Klossner) writes:
>Changing a ROM doesn't have to be complicated.  A good example of a
>system where it's blessedly easy to change a ROM is the Atari 2600 home
>video game system.  Shoving a ROM into the slot is easier than loading
>a cassette tape deck.

	Oh boy, and what happens if some pinhead pops in the "Space Invaders"
cartridge instead of the "4.3BSD Kernel & related stuff" cartridge.  Well, I
guess that might cut down on NetNews traffic :-).

	(Sorry, I couldn't resist.  Sounds like something our Computer Center)
	(might do.)


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