paf@plx.UUCP (paf) (04/12/84)
I am looking for source to adb(1) for the 8086. Does anyone out there know where such a beast exits? We have a UNIX system 5 source license. I have hacked adb before; once in a lifetime is enough. Thanx in advance: Paul Fronberg (..!ucbvax!sun!plx!paf)
hurf@batcomputer.TN.CORNELL.EDU (Hurf Sheldon) (03/04/86)
I could use some hints on using adb to punch a value to a real address or if there is another way. We have a dzq board & the current Ultrix driver does not zero the interrupt register. One suggested fix was the above mentioned in a script with a 15 sec sleep loop. Seems crude Is there another approach? any & all comments appreciated Hurf Sheldon .
philip@axis.UUCP (Philip Peake) (03/06/86)
In article <302@batcomputer.TN.CORNELL.EDU> hurf@batcomputer.UUCP (Hurf Sheldon) writes: >I could use some hints on using adb to punch a value to a real >address or if there is another way. We have a dzq board & the current Ultrix >driver does not zero the interrupt register. One suggested fix >was the above mentioned in a script with a 15 sec sleep loop. Seems crude >Is there another approach? > >any & all comments appreciated > I suggest that you hang/shoot/drown or otherwise dispose of the idiot who suggested such a disgusting idea ! The real answer is to *NEVER* buy anything in binary form. UNIX works in the way it does simply because when things don't work it is possible to fix it (correctly). If you *must* buy binaries, then do so from someone you can physically get hold of when they don't work. If it's a DEC driver shout at them, if not shout at whoever sold you the driver. Philip (sorry I seem so agrevated, but these sort of problems really are avoidable)
aglew@ccvaxa.UUCP (03/14/86)
>/* Written 4:49 am Mar 6, 1986 by philip@axis.UUCP in ccvaxa:net.unix-wizards */ >The real answer is to *NEVER* buy anything in binary form. UNIX works >in the way it does simply because when things don't work it is possible >to fix it (correctly). If you *must* buy binaries, then do so from >someone you can physically get hold of when they don't work. *NEVER* can be a long time. If we were only going to buy source code, then several of the small companies I've worked for could *NEVER* have afforded UNIX - nor any other operating system. (Thank God I now work somewhere where we originate code and computer systems) Andy "Krazy" Glew. Gould CSD-Urbana. USEnet: ...!ihnp4!uiucdcs!ccvaxa!aglew ARPAnet: aglew@gswd-vms