Subj : Re: Synchronet can maybe.
To   : Deuce
From : Digital Man
Date : Tue Aug 02 2005 12:59 pm

  Re: Re: Synchronet can maybe.
  By: Deuce to Digital Man on Tue Aug 02 2005 04:40 am

 >  > I did say "most" (not "all"), and technicall MacOS *does* have a ROM-leve
 >  > command prompt used for driver development/debugging. I used to work for 
 >  > company that sold their product (a PCI video conferencing adapter) for bo
 >  > and Macs and watched in wonder at the Mac developer typing away at a blac
 >  > white Mac debugger (full-)screen. Yes, it exists. In Mac OS X, there's ev
 >  > user-level command shell available (e.g. bash).
 > 
 > Well, OpenFirmware isn't realy part of the OS.  Solaris/SPARC systems have t
 > same thing.

This was a Mac-specific ROM, but yeah, you're right, it's not part of the OS
(just like the PC BIOS is not part of Windows). But unlike a PC, this ROM was
an integral part of the debugging process for Mac device drivers. <shrug>

                                                  digital man

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