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OSx86 Shutdown Rumors Explained
n.e.watson writes "The AP has run an article that addresses recent rumors on the internet about Apple Legal shutting down the OSx86 Project, with a statement from an OSx86 administrator. From the article: 'The OSx86 Project Web site stated Apple had served it with a notice on Thursday citing violations of the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act, and the site was reviewing all of its discussion forum postings as a result. The site has always aimed to adhere to copyright laws and is working with Apple to ensure no violations exist, according to a statement by the site administrator.'"
I'm sitting here in front of a PDP-11/73 running RSX and trying to copy a 250 block file from this CDC-80 dishwasher 80MB hard drive to an RX08 8" floppy disk. It's taking freak''n forever! DEC addicts, go ahead and flame me, but why do you insist on using this ancient junk? Try something a little more modern. Like an Osborne. Or even a TRS-80. Sheesh!
There once was a dude with a Mac
Who's code he tried to attack
His grin was short-lived
When Jobs did not forgive
And gave him a boot in the sack.
a Sun Enterprise 450, with four processors, 4 GBytes of memory and 10 SCSI drives... This is my HOME computer and I don't see that kind of poor performance. Maybe it is time for you to try Ultrix instead of RSX-11, at least you won't have the real-time interrupts bothering you... However, I do like my TRS-80 running NEWDOS-80!
I like my instruction/data fetch cycle on 16 bit word boundaries, thank you! So you think you're fancy 64 bit address range is all that. With your Sun Enterprise this, and your CG3 megapixel sbus card that. Well, when I need to access memory out of its 32KW boundary I have to set an offset vector. And I like it that way! So my RK05 only stores 2.5MB per removable pack. And it consumes more than 1 KW. And my house lights dim every time it spins up. Well, I like it that way!
What, I'm supposed to run some pansy Macintosh 8600 with all its fancy pictures of a dekstop with flippy disks and overlapping windows, and dialog boxes, and a mouse with only one button? BAH!
Ah, its ok, they're Apple - EVERYBODY loves Apple :)
Not nearly as much as everybody hates AOL :)
Roses are red,
Violets are blue.
If you hack my code,
I'm going to kill you!
Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est - Sir Francis Bacon
Maybe a compilation could be assembled:
Poems from My Childhood
1.To Heathkit
2.The fall of Dr. Norton
3.Shadows of UUNET
4.Borland, stop hurting youself
5.Have you seen my Atari today?
6.An Amiga I can't afford
7.Memories of a text adventure game
8.My talk with Hays (compatible)
9.He's not just my penguin anymore
"After OSX86 Project recieved it's DMCA shut down notice, people are moving discussion to the OSX86 China Forums"
Ahhh...the irony! Moving out of the oppressive USA to China, where speech is free!
"Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery?" - Patrick Henry