From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@transmeta.com>
To: "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@ds2.pg.gda.pl>
Cc: "Dunlap, Randy" <randy.dunlap@intel.com>,
"'H. Peter Anvin'" <hpa@zytor.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: The latest instance in the A20 farce
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 09:44:54 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3A633716.9EA1FDF5@transmeta.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.96.1010115182005.16619Q-100000@delta.ds2.pg.gda.pl>
"Maciej W. Rozycki" wrote:
>
> On Wed, 10 Jan 2001, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>
> > URRRK. I get a feeling these specs are either there to make life extra
> > difficult for programmers, because the people that design them are too
> > stupid to tie their own shoes, or because they want nothing but M$
> > factory-installed to work.
>
> The page is titled "PC DESIGN GUIDE - For the Microsoft Windows Family of
> Operating Systems," so what do you expect?
>
Kind of says it all, doesn't it?
-hpa
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-01-15 17:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-01-10 23:56 The latest instance in the A20 farce Dunlap, Randy
2001-01-11 0:09 ` H. Peter Anvin
2001-01-11 10:32 ` Olaf Titz
2001-01-15 17:24 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2001-01-15 17:44 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2001-01-15 19:30 ` Albert D. Cahalan
2001-01-15 20:00 ` H. Peter Anvin
2001-01-18 12:21 ` Gerhard Mack
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2001-01-11 1:43 Dunlap, Randy
2001-01-11 1:59 ` H. Peter Anvin
2000-12-06 23:55 H. Peter Anvin
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