[rescue] Compaq Proliant 8000

[Dave McGuire]

On Apr 29, 2004, at 2:23 PM, Joshua Boyd wrote:
>> Why didn't that ever take off?
>>
>> I kept waiting for it to happen... just enough FORTH to bootstrap 
>> before
>> the CPU-specific drivers could be loaded would be great.
>
> Note the Apple and Sun usage of Forth in this manner.

   And, as was pointed out elsewhere, IBM.

> Of course, also not that despite using openfirmware, they still manage
> to be incompatible, though a translation layer may be more realistic
> here than it would be if it weren't forth.

   Yes, there are incompatibilities...but much less so than without 
OpenFirmware, and things are continuing to evolve.

         -Dave

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