[HN Gopher] What can you do with an ISA specification?
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       What can you do with an ISA specification?
        
       Author : matt_d
       Score  : 44 points
       Date   : 2021-12-11 14:57 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | junon wrote:
       | Something not listed: OS development. It is critical to have ISA
       | docs for OS development. I bought an e-reader just to have the
       | Intel x86 SDM available to me at all times.
        
         | colejohnson66 wrote:
         | Genuine question: Why an e-reader and not just use your phone?
        
           | remexre wrote:
           | For me at least, screen size! You really want to be able to
           | fit any diagram on the whole screen at once.
        
             | Helithumper wrote:
             | Another similar question, Why not any tablet (IPad,
             | Android, etc...)? I've found trying to quickly browse
             | information on an eReader to be an exercise in patience.
             | 
             | Genuinely wondering how this is working out for you and if
             | you have any pictures of this setup that would be
             | interesting.
        
               | remexre wrote:
               | My eReader is the only tablet I own; the big plus of it
               | for me is that it gets about a week of battery per
               | charge, so I don't have an extra device to remember to
               | charge every night, put back in my backpack, etc.
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               | Don't really have a setup worth taking pictures of, it's
               | just a Remarkable 2 with KOReader.
        
           | junon wrote:
           | Screen size, battery life, easier to read, I can make notes
           | on it with the stylus, and my phone is a distraction whereas
           | my reader has all network connectivity, sound and
           | notifications disabled.
        
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