Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!gatech!cica!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!oz.cis.ohio-state.edu!jgreely From: jgreely@oz.cis.ohio-state.edu (J Greely) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: Student's view of NeXT marketing pl Message-ID:Date: 14 Aug 89 14:48:14 GMT References: <4866@tank.uchicago.edu> <116900006@p.cs.uiuc.edu> <416@wet.UUCP> Sender: news@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu Reply-To: J Greely Organization: Ohio State University Computer and Information Science Lines: 32 In-reply-to: epsilon@wet.UUCP's message of 14 Aug 89 09:32:55 GMT In article <416@wet.UUCP> epsilon@wet.UUCP (Eric P. Scott) writes: >Our campus of "Enormous State University" has a required >Operating Systems class for most Computer Science majors that >includes making bootable systems as a graded project. First things first. Do you mean writing an OS, such as Xinu, or does "making bootable systems" mean something different? Not sure what you want, so I can't tell you exactly what I think of using a NeXT for it. > What's an affordable replacement that also uses 68000-series CPUs? >I take it NeXT will no longer be a qualified bid. Deep, *deep* sigh. No, at least not the way you're thinking. Am I the only person who hears these things, or is my writing style really that unclear? I said, "Under 0.9, possession of a bootable OD is equivalent to root access on *any* NeXT you can physically reach" (emphasis added to stress the meaningful part). That's different from having root access on *selected* NeXTs. The ROM changes in 1.0 allow the administrator of a machine to prevent unauthorized individuals from doing interesting things like changing the boot device (which is actually one of the least interesting things you can do from the monitor). They do not disable booting from OD, they allow you to control it. "It's okay. Kinda reminds me of a Benihana in Rangoon that does Cub Scouts at table-side." "Yeah, I been there..." -=- J Greely (jgreely@cis.ohio-state.edu; osu-cis!jgreely)