OS's In ROM's (was: Re: Mac Classic prob (was Macintoshes..

From: Ward Donald Griffiths III <gram_at_cnct.com>
Date: Sat Jun 27 01:53:04 1998

Hotze wrote:
>
> 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.

So we put Linux on the little bastards. It's in the works for the Pilot
once the thing carries 4Mb of RAM standard (probably a couple months)
Naturally, it won't be exactly ROM'd.
-- 
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 - 01:53:04 BST

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