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From: jgreely@oz.cis.ohio-state.edu (J Greely)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Student's view of NeXT marketing pl
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Date: 14 Aug 89 14:48:14 GMT
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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..."
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J Greely (jgreely@cis.ohio-state.edu; osu-cis!jgreely)