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SubjectRe: The history of the Linux OS
On Wed, 25 Nov 1998, Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH wrote:

> But we don't. 0.99.14, for example, is noticeably missing from the
> list --- and I remember 0.99.14 very well because it was the first
> kernel that was stable enough for production use by most then
> Linuxers, marred only by small issues such as (IIRC) ATI and S3 video
> cards vs. COM4. And it's right smack in the middle of the list of
> released kernels.

Ah yeah, the infamous COM4 bug with S3 chipsets. Seems some fuckwit used
the usual COM4 I/O port as one of its I/O registers. Ahh, that particular
chipset designer should have been taken out and made to use Microsoft
products in eternity (with a Windows 95 Beta!).

Cheers,
Alex
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