Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!chinet!bigtex!james From: james@bigtex.uucp (James Van Artsdalen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: BS/2 running 32-bit mode on 386 Message-ID: <8605@bigtex.uucp> Date: 28 Sep 88 04:55:35 GMT References: <147@imspw6.UUCP> <45900156@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu> Reply-To: james@bigtex.UUCP (James Van Artsdalen) Organization: F.B.N. Software, Austin TX Lines: 18 In article <45900156@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu>, mcdonald@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu wrote: > [...] But in the IBMPC world, nobody cares a hoot about portability. This is somewhat out of context, but perhaps should go up for being the Quote-of-the-Month! I did game programming on the PC for several years and now I do BIOS programming, and the >only< major issue is compatibility. > To me the ability to do actual IO in user mode is absolutely vital. Graphics on the screen perhaps, but I don't see user access to such things as floppy/hard drives or the CPU cache controller as being a good thing. We *will* be abandoning the WD1010 interface and all of the other hardware things at some point and it would be nice if the software still worked. -- James R. Van Artsdalen ...!uunet!utastro!bigtex!james "Live Free or Die" Home: 512-346-2444 Work: 338-8789 10926 Jollyville Rd #901 Austin TX 78759