Paul Antoine wrote:
>
> Hi guys,
>
> I'm back in the land of the living, at least for two weeks until I
> return to the US... :-)
>
Hi Paul!! Welcome back!
(snip)
>
> The probable reason for this is my use of the DECstation's boot PROM
> callback routines for printing to the console. The DECsystem almost
> certainly doesn't support the same call-backs, if at all. Even the
> DECstation 3100's have different boot PROMs, though I believe they do
> support the same functions via a similar mechanism.
>
(snip)
Any update on that documentation from DEC? I'd love to dig into this
if I only had somewhere to start!
> Maybe I should just load the Linux/MIPS source up on a laptop and hack
> my way through my business trips instead of reading science fiction
> and fantasy novels on the aeroplanes in a vain attempt to remain
> sane.... :-)
But you'd need a MIPS laptop! :-)
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