__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Monday 05 March 2007 09:37 \__
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> __/ [ Doug Mentohl ] on Saturday 03 March 2007 16:12 \__
>>
>>> From: chukst Sun Sep 29 17:16:46 1991
>>> To: mikedr; philba; scottq
>>> Subject: Bambi on DR-DOS 6.0
>>> Date: Sun Sep 29 17:16:39 1991
>>>
>>> I tracked down a serious incompatibility with DR-DOS 6 - They don't use
>>> the 'normal' device driver interface for > 32M partitions. Instead of
>>> setting the regular START SECTOR field to 0ffffh and then using a brand
>>> new 32-bit field the way MS-DOS has always done, they simply extend the
>>> start sector field by 16 bits.
>>>
>>> ..
>>>
>>> I've patched a version of Bambi to work with DRD6, and it seems to run
>>> Win 3.1 without difficulty. This same problem may have caused other
>>> problems with Win 3.1 and the swapfile under DRD6.
>>>
>>> It is possible to make Bambi work, assuming we can come up with a
>>> reasonably safe method for detecting DRD6.
>>> ..
>>>
>>> What do you think? Should we test further with the patched Bambi to see
>>> if there are any more incompatibilities?
>>>
>>> From: philba Mon Sep 30 08:15:02 1991
>>> To: bradsi
>>> Cc: davidcol
>>> Subject: Bambi on DR-DOS 6.0
>>> Date: Sat, 28 Sep 91 07:57:50 PDT
>>>
>>> hey, hey, hey ....
>>>
>>> my proposal is to have bambi refuse to run on this alien OS, comments?
>>>
>>> http://edge-op.org/iowa/www.iowaconsumercase.org/010807/PLEX_0981.pdf
>>
>> That's the part of the Iowa plaintif's collection that fits under the
>> "technical sabotage" category. If you can'y beat them, break them
>> (quietly).
>>
>
> So where is lolbill/amicus_curious, to tell us all this didn't happen?
> Hey?
He's an the payroll. I was told this by someone who knew him.
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