[rescue] Compaq Proliant 8000

[Dave McGuire]

On Apr 29, 2004, at 1:24 PM, Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
>> Our NetApp 940 (x86 processor) runs OpenFirmware.
>>
>> I wish more PCs were like it.  At one point about a year ago, the only
>> thing keeping me from making sunhelp.org's main server a Solaris x86 
>> box
>> was the inability to do decent remote management (e.g., a serial 
>> console
>> that was *designed* to be a serial console).
>
> What about the idea that all cards would run a FORTH BIOS, so that they
> could be used on any system?

   Forth, not FORTH.  And yes.

> Why didn't that ever take off?

   It did.  It's tremendously popular on modern systems.  PCs, however, 
are not modern systems.

         -Dave

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