Article on old software programs (for IBM, Apple, Borland, etc)

From: Dwight Elvey <elvey_at_hal.com>
Date: Thu Aug 19 11:21:06 1999

Hi Dick
 You can still grab it and remove it ( a little harder ).
It is still firmware. You put software into firmware.
Like most definitions, that came about early on, there
are gray areas. This entire 'what if' is silly.
Software is what runs and may be in firmware. If we didn't have
another name for a hard disk, it would have fallen
under the firmware definition. The code that runs
is still software. I had a calculator once that used a
spool of steel tape to contain the program. It was still
firmware but the information on it was software.
Dwight

"Richard Erlacher" <edick_at_idcomm.com> wrote:
> You can't always unplug it. Nowadays, the PROMs are soldered in and you
> reprogram them in situ.
>
> How does that effect your definitions?
>
> Dick
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dwight Elvey <elvey_at_hal.com>
>
>
> >"Charles P. Hobbs" <transit_at_primenet.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> > If you said that that computer had "hardware software" I would have
> >> > to kill you ;-)
> >>
> >> Firmware?
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Definitely firmware. You can grab it and remove it. It is
> >plugged in.
> >Dwight
> >
Received on Thu Aug 19 1999 - 11:21:06 BST