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> From: CLASSICCMP-owner_at_u.washington.edu
> [mailto:CLASSICCMP-owner_at_u.washington.edu]On Behalf Of snoball
> Sent: Saturday, June 27, 1998 1:32 AM
> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: CLASSICCMP-owner_at_u.washington.edu
> > [mailto:CLASSICCMP-owner_at_u.washington.edu]On Behalf Of Hotze
> > Sent: Saturday, June 27, 1998 1:28 AM
> > To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
> > Subject: Re: OS's In ROM's (was: Re: Mac Classic prob (was Macintoshes..
> >
> >
> > Come to think of it, ALL of the Windows CE devices have their
> OS in ROM.
> > *My* opinion is that for UNIX hardware, it's going to be UNIX's biggest
> > competitor. Most Windows CE devices run off of UNIX-style
> processors, as
> > that's the only way that they can get any speed inexpensively and with a
> > decent battery life.
> > Ciao,
> >
> > Tim
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ward Donald Griffiths III <gram_at_cnct.com>
> > To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
> > <classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
> > Date: Saturday, June 27, 1998 9:14 AM
> > Subject: Re: OS's In ROM's (was: Re: Mac Classic prob (was Macintoshes..
> >
> >
> > >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_
> >
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