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

From: Allison J Parent <allisonp_at_world.std.com>
Date: Sat Jun 27 08:21:16 1998

<Would it be possible to have a control chip and a OS chip? You've got th
<control chip, which contains address information on the OS chip, as well
<other EXTREMELY basic ssytem info. Then you've got the OS chip, which
<contains the OS. Because of the control chip, it could be as large as yo
<wanted it.

Check out the IRMX-86 and the 8213x chips... beenthere done that about
12-14 years ago.

However in real life OS is software and control is CPU so that logical
partition is the norm for most CPUs. It's generally in RAM but as noted
there are plenty with bom based kernals and OSs.

Allison
Received on Sat Jun 27 1998 - 08:21:16 BST