On Sun, 31 Mar 1996 09:38:48 -0600 
 Randy Terbush <randy@zyzzyva.com> wrote:

 > That comment, coming from the "Portmaster" of the i386, is reason
 > enough to find another OS.

Actually, I think it's farily well-known that the PC architecture sucks 
(this is why I use sparcs and old motorola boxes :-).  This would be like 
me (the hp300 port-master) saying that "the HIL sucks" (which, IMHO, it 
does :-).

Really, I think you're being a little hard on Charles in this case...It's 
perfectly fine to complain about broken and/or stupidly-designed hardware 
if you end up being the one who works around the lossage in software.

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