[rescue] DEC keyboards

Lionel Peterson lionel4287 at verizon.net
Thu Nov 16 09:32:52 CST 2006


>From: Meelis Roos <mroos at linux.ee>
>Date: 2006/11/15 Wed AM 10:36:59 CST
>To: The Rescue List <rescue at sunhelp.org>
>Subject: Re: [rescue] DEC keyboards

>> Solaris/intel and Solaris/sparc aren't the same OS any more than a Ford
>> Mustang and a Ford Taurus are the same car.
>
>Well, I would consider Solaris/anyplatform the same OS (like 
>Linux/anyplatform, BSD/anyplatform etc). But this is still irrelevant in 
>case of serial ports because serial port hardware is different and so 
>the serial drivers have to be different and there goes the "same OS" 
>practical argument.

Agreed - I have a user-centric view, how deep would a user have to dig before they hit a difference.

Lionel



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