From:	"Wayne" <wjackson AT powerup DOT com DOT au>
To:	"Mr M S Aitchison" <physmsa AT cantua DOT canterbury DOT ac DOT nz>
Cc:	"OpenDOS" <opendos AT delorie DOT com>
Subject:	Re: disk devices (was ls, killing disk 0)
Date:	Wed, 22 Oct 1997 08:44:58 +1100
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You really don't need to to look at the source.  Just fool around with the
system for a few hours a day and you will find neat stuff that will bring a
computer to its knees.  Or better still to kill the harddrive temporarily.

Wayne
-----Original Message-----
From: Mr M S Aitchison <physmsa AT cantua DOT canterbury DOT ac DOT nz>
To: ark AT mpak DOT convey DOT ru <ark AT mpak DOT convey DOT ru>
Cc: opendos AT delorie DOT com <opendos AT delorie DOT com>
Date: Wednesday, October 22, 1997 9:07 AM
Subject: Re: disk devices (was ls, killing disk 0)


>Okay, I'm convinced it is a good idea... especially the potential for
>easier porting of software.  Would the current limitations of DOS
>character devices be okay for an OpenDOS /dev/fd0 or /dev/hda6, etc??
>I still think there are some non-trivial (but certainly possible)
>changes needed to take advantage of such devices.
>
>But I won't say any more until I look at some source code so I know
>something about what I'm talking about (I've heard that's a good idea :-).
>
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