bind 4.8 under OSx 4.4c

[Carl S. Gutekunst]

>I compiled it with -OG... Is that ok?  This was a Pyramid C compiler bug
>that caused this right?

-OG is fine. There was a code generator botch that tripped over the most
convoluted ternary expression you've ever seen. This botch occured regardless
of the optimizer level. Fixed in OSx 5.0, BTW.

>Who ever heard of booting from Floppy?

What would you suggest? You can't do the IMPL from hard disk, unless we had
a dedicated disk just for the SSP. DEC used an HP catridge, although those
proved to be more expensive and less reliable than a simple 5" floppy. The
tape is also inappropriate for automatic dumping of hardware diagnostics.

In fact, the MIServer uses a RAM card. But those didn't exist a few years ago,
at least not ones large enough to be a suitable standin for a disk.

The Symmetry doesn't need a similar mechanism because it doesn't have micro-
code, and therefore doesn't have the concept of Initial Micro Program Load
(IMPL). And it doesn't do hardware error logout to a diagnostic console.

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