Re: Custom serial driver(using register_serial) for PC16550D,very slow
From: Maurits van de Kamp (james.t.kirk_at_enterprise.nasa.gov)
Date: 11/12/03
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Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 13:43:30 +0100
Kasper Dupont wrote:
>>IMHO, this is not the only clear
>>blunder in the original PC design.
>
> AFAIK that design was not intended to survive for
> more than a few years. (Bad luck it did.)
In fact it was intentionally made not good enough to compete with IBM's
VAX machines. Which also explains the choice of processor, which was
just about the worst available in its class.
Even back in the XT era I was already wondering what drove people to
spend $2000 on such a lousy system.. so I stuck to my CPC until I could
afford an Atari ST and then progressed via an Atari Falcon to a Mac G4.
Life indeed can be fun. :)
Maurits.
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