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- From: jtv@xs4all.nl (Jeroen T. Vermeulen)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Why are europeans dumb enough to buy amigas?
- Date: Sat, 20 Apr 96 13:46:18
- Organization: Leiden University, Mathematics & Computer Science, The Netherlands
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- In article <judas.0jgf@tomtec.abg.sub.org> judas@tomtec.abg.sub.org (Th.Huber) writes:
- > In article <4kve8l$3ha@serpens.rhein.de> mlelstv@serpens.rhein.de (Michael van Elst) writes:
-
- > >Microsoft did re-invent Autoconfig after 10 years.
- >
- > Completely wrong.
- > MS-marketing invented just an other word, they can print on their Loosers`95 package.
-
- YOU are completely wrong! MS-marketing didn't invent the term. Apple did,
- about a decade ago, and Microsoft stole it.
-
- At least that's what I heard.
-
- BTW, here's a tidbit about "Plug and Play" from the RKRM 3rd ed., chapter 32
- ("expansion.library") verse 2:
-
- The Amiga AUTOCONFIG protocol is designed to allow the dynamic assignment of
- available address space to expansion boards, eliminating the need for user
- configuration via jumpers. Such expansion boards include memory boards, hard
- disk controllers, network interfaces, and other special purpose expansion
- devices. Some expansion devices, such as RAM boards, require no special
- driver software. Other types of expansion devices may use a disk-loaded
- driver from the DEVS: or SYS:Expansion drawer, or an on-board ROM driver (for
- example, a self-booting hard disk controller).
-
- For verily the designers in their infinite wisdom have provided for all needs.
- Drivers on disk, drivers in ROM, and driverless boards; there's a kind of driver
- to every purpose. But the evil ones have said: Yea, let us store them in ROMs,
- where they cannot be upgraded; and they can do their evil work for all eternity,
- though buggy. And they have said: Let us write them in Intel code; for in
- truth CPU independence is an abomination to us. Let us make PCI portable in
- appearance only; and the people will come and deposit their wortly possessions.
-
- Back to seriousness: Does anybody see why the expansion protocol couldn't be
- extended (in theory) to configure cards that are plugged into a running machine?
-
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- # Jeroen T. Vermeulen \"How are we doing kid?"/ Yes, we use Amigas. #
- #--- jtv@xs4all.nl ---\"Oh, same as always."/-- ... --#
- #jvermeul@wi.leidenuniv.nl \ "That bad, huh?" / Got a problem with that? #
- Troubleshootee: The buy who gets the bullet when things go awry
-