From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,583275b6950bf4e6 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-05-16 22:11:15 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!wn13feed!worldnet.att.net!204.127.198.203!attbi_feed3!attbi.com!rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.net.POSTED!not-for-mail From: tmoran@acm.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Quality systems (Was: Using Ada for device drivers? (Was: the Ada References: <3EC4F62D.B28BDC39@easystreet.com> X-Newsreader: Tom's custom newsreader Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.234.13.56 X-Complaints-To: abuse@attbi.com X-Trace: rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.net 1053148274 12.234.13.56 (Sat, 17 May 2003 05:11:14 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 17 May 2003 05:11:14 GMT Organization: AT&T Broadband Date: Sat, 17 May 2003 05:11:14 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:37434 Date: 2003-05-17T05:11:14+00:00 List-Id: > You didn't count the size of the mouse driver. In DOS everything > had to come out of the addressable 1 MB of memory. With a little coaxing, the old T3100 turned on. MSMOUSE.SYS, dated 10-10-85, is 7003 bytes, not 35K.