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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: Hello rockbox folksRe: Hello rockbox folks
From: Rune <colourless_at_stud.ku.dk>
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 16:03:10 +0200 Hello Seth, If you're looking for a great book on OS'es I would clearly recommmend "Operating system concepts" by Silberschatz/Galvin/Gagne (ISBN 0-471-41743-2). Best Regards - Rune ----- Original Message ----- From: "Björn Stenberg" <bjorn_at_haxx.se> To: <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se> Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 10:14 AM Subject: Fw: Hello rockbox folks > ----- Forwarded message from Seth Kintigh <skintigh_at_yahoo.com> ----- > > Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 21:26:01 -0700 (PDT) > From: Seth Kintigh <skintigh_at_yahoo.com> > To: bjorn_at_haxx.se > Subject: Hello rockbox folks > > I would send this to the list if I knew how. I don't > want to subscribe, I prefer reading on the web page. > > Anyway, I started lurking right after you guys voted > on a name. I tried installing the compiler on win98 > but it never worked. All I wanted to do was make some > 3D screen saver, which I now realize would be tough > without floating point... Anyway, then I changed jobs > and I moved to Texas. > > I just checked back in and I am so completely blown > away, it is like magic. I really wish I could sit > down with some of you and you could explain how you > went from talking about a multi thread OS and MP3 > playback to suddenly having a working firmware that > kicks the crap out of the Archos one. I'm an EE by > education and have done a lot of programming, but this > is magic to me. I have no idea how to program an OS. > > Perhaps someone can write a history of how stuff was > done and why. Or maybe I should read a book on OSes. > > > Anyway, I would like to help, but don't know how. Do > you need more programmers? > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! News - Today's headlines > http://news.yahoo.com > > ----- End forwarded message ----- > > -- > Björn > Received on 2002-09-18 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |