> "mdean writes"
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> |> IRONY: Windoze has a graphical bootup .... WICKED WICKED WICKED WICKED
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> |> SOLUTION: Since we dont want a graphical or text bootup --- how about a
> |> blank screen bootup, or a bootup where the loading of individual drivers is
> |> indicated by the sound card making various noises ... a train whistle for
> |> hd, a church bell for terminals, etc ...
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> How would you indicate failed sound sub-system initialization, then ?
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> :-)
The keyboard lights flash it in Morse? :)
-- "Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold. Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world; The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere the ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity." -- "Second Coming" by Yeats.