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Re: (ASCEND) Max 6.0 and 1800s
On Thu, 26 Feb 1998, Tim Basher wrote:
> > Manual is very confusing...
>
> I did not find the manual confusing, but you do indeed seem to be confused.
>
> > What is this new restricted/extended loads?
> > I am running 5.0p36, can't I just load bik.m18?
> > When do I need to use the restricted/extended loads?
> > When should I use thin/fat loads?
>
> You don't choose the format of the load (standard/thin/fat/extended).
>
> You have a piece of hardware (MAX4000, MAX1800, etc) with certain hardware
> options (T1/E1, Mod-12/56K modems, etc) and you choose the software version
> that you will use (5.0Ap42, 6.0.0, etc.) and software options (Appletalk,
> X.25, etc).
>
> This will decide what software load you want. You don't have a choice in
> format, there is only one format for each feature-set/version created.
>
> If there is a bik.m18 release of 6.0.0 then you don't need to worry about
> the restricted/extended differences, there will be no rbik.m18. But if
> you wanted the bixk.m18 load, then you must get the rbixk.m18/fbixk.m18
> software.
Dale sees the light of day!
> --
> The History according to ME
>
> In the beginning, there were only "standard" loads. Each Ascend unit
> kept two identical copies of the software, so that if a problem occurred
> while loading a new version, there was still one valid copy left and
> life was good.
>
> Then customers were created and the customers requested features. As
> the features were added the size of the software grew, but the physical
> storage capacity was fixed. And eventually two copies of software could
> not fit and there was much gnashing of teeth. As so, the boot loader was
> changed and the world became divided into thin loads (which could still
> keep two copies in memory) and fat loads (which could only have one copy
> in memory) and life was good again.
>
> And then the customers noticed that when they had problems loading new fat
> loads that on occasion a NINDY would arise. And they were left with only
> a serial port and an Xmodem to reload their software, and there was much
> pulling of hair and cries of sadness. And so the boot loader was rewritten
> and the world became divided into thin loads (which could keep two copies
> in memory) and restricted/extended loads (which keep two copies of the
> restricted software and one copy of the extended load in memory) and the
> customers grew happy and the sun shined and the birds sang.
>
> And that is the story of the formats. Depending upon the version of
> software you choose, you will have either "standard" or "thin and fat" or
> "thin and restricted/extended" loads.
Now if the manual only explained it like you did above, I would have
understood it right away!
Sometimes I need to know too much about how something works to really
understand it...
Thanks!
Dale
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