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_
Received on Sat Jun 27 1998 - 01:17:53 BST