Re: Pmconsole buggy? I love my PM 11's. (fwd)

Brian Rice (bri@whitestone.com)
Mon, 7 Oct 1996 21:49:46 -0700 (PDT)

> >Ahem. Time for the old man to step in and say a few words. The PM-11
> >is still in place in _alot_ of customer applications. It was never
>
> But compared to the PM-2?

I agree to that point, but don't be pickin' on my PM-11's, they're
way cool and can make an 8088 do things that would shock you. :-)

Actually, that statement goes to all the BS that's been goin' 'round
about the PortMaster being a PC because it's x86 based. Hell, a PM
could dance circles around a PC and if we decided to give it a shell
it'd probably make the sparc look silly - which with Solaris is ...
well, now *I'm* being a techno-snob. :-)

> >"junked" by anyone, least of all tech support and Livingston as a whole.
>
> Bad words. There are still a few people who know what they are and how

Yes, shame on you, go to your room. Oh, you're in your room. Ok, no
internet for three contiguous hours. That'll teach you, young man!!!

> to work with them. So if you actually have a PM-11 you will probably get
> to talk to Bri since the rest of us have roughly 0 hands on with them.
> They were gone long before I even got here.

No, that's wrong too. The PM2 originally shipped with ComOS 2.3. The
PM-11 ended his OS life at 2.4. The main differences are that the PM-11
is floppy-based and that its max port speed is 57600 (unsupported, 38400
was the advertised speed). And there are several people who have solid
experience supporting the box.

> >My buddy 'Zoner just comes to the game a bit late, and being a techno-snob
>
> I prefer elitist.

Hey, a rose by any other name ...

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Bri