[Sussex] OpenBIOS (was: Free Opera registrations)

[Steve Dobson]

Gavin

On Fri, Sep 02, 2005 at 12:01:19AM +0100, Gavin Stevens wrote:
> On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 15:33:34 +0100
> Steve Dobson <steve at dobson.org> wrote:
> 
> > Geoff
> > 
> > On Wed, Aug 31, 2005 at 03:08:08PM +0100, Geoffrey Teale wrote:
> > > Steve Dobson wrote:
> > >  > So when are you going to come to a moot and present use with your
> > > >successful installation of OpenBIOS[1]?
> > > >[1] http://www.openbios.info/project/
> > > 
> > > Upon fulfilment of two preconditions:
> > > 
> > >   1. I have time to make it to a meet (hopefully next month)
> > >   2. I get openBIOS to work.
> > 
> > I know what you mean.  I can't find the time (or the hardware) to
> > try it out on.
> >  
> > > I would point out that using non-free BIOS, whilst annoying, is
> > > somewhat sadly still essential for most computer users.
> 
> OpenBIOS sounds interesting, but I can well understand the nervousness
> at flashing the BIOS of a machine in regular use.
> 
> To this end I can make an offer: I have an old 200MHz machine
> languishing around that still works, but is getting long in the tooth. I
> would be happy to have this PC used as a guinea-pig for OpenBIOS. I
> would gladly bring it along to a moot if someone fancied demonstrating
> what was required to get OpenBIOS onto a PC. Live BIOS flashing, anyone?
> 
> The only thing I don't have right now is a spare monitor, so someone
> else would have to provide that or some other means of seeing the
> display.
> 
> Does this sound like a feasible idea?

200MHz - that's a perfectly useable machine.  Just right for building
your own firewall.

-- 
The bugs you have to avoid are the ones that give the user not only
the inclination to get on a plane, but also the time.
		-- Kay Bostic
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