rb@ccivax.UUCP (rex ballard) (09/18/85)
> In article <536@x.UUCP> john@x.UUCP (John Woods) writes: > >> In article <584@brl-tgr.ARPA> LAVITSKY@RU-BLUE.ARPA (Eric) writes: > >> > Yes, there is a 'Kickstart' disk that you must have on power > >> >up..... > >> > >> From pictures it seems the Amiga just has another 256K of DRAMs that the > >> OS is loaded into. Who cares if it is "hardware locked"? The Amiga OS > >>must be pretty buggy if the designers went to the trouble of write protecting > >>the OS memory. In an appliance computer such as the Amiga, you should *never* > >> have to reset the machine! > > That is, if you only run canned software that is in itself 100% bug free.. > A computer that never needs to be reset? I guess that will be along about the > same time as the VAX/laptop :-) > > > >First, you must remember that occaisionally we mere mortals who program make > >mistakes. I would much rather have an OS bug *not* smash the OS than go ahead > >and smash it. I would even be more ecstatic to be able to get a new revision > >of their OS by just changing Kickstart disks, rather than opening up the cheap > >plastic container (damaging those *&^%^*@# Phillips head screws in the > >process) and popping in new ROMS (bending pin 16 while I'm at it...). > > > > > Imagine that you bought a new model of computer, one that would fit your needs > perfectly. Imagine then that you found out that the OS (in ROM, as you > wanted) has a bug which prevents you from using a certain peripheral/software > package which was what you really wanted to do. You then find out that in the > six months since you bought the machine, the manufacturer has come out with > a new revision of the OS that fixes the problem. If you are lucky, the > manufacturer has a program to upgrade the machines with the old ROMs, Like choosing between those new APPLE Proms or The Mega Max (kinda hard to switch back and forth) > otherwise you can buy a new machine, or keep the one you bought which does not > do what you want. What do you think of kickstart disks now? This happened > to me, and I had to buy a new machine. I am going to buy an Amiga, and I am > sure glad they are putting the OS in RAM. Any OS this sophisiticated will no > doubt be improved in time. I want to be able to upgrade, not replace. > > > > >Three cheers and a bunny for the Amiga developers! > > > More cheers, and please hurry up and get it in the stores. > > -- > +---------------------------------------------+ > | allegra\ Randy Horton @ Fortune Systems | > | cbosgd \ | > | dual >!fortune!ranhome!randy | > | ihnp4 / | > | nsc / Clever disclaimer goes here | > +---------------------------------------------+ Good thing the ram is expandable! (HINT,HINT,HINT ATARI) (see net.micro.atari)