[Info-vax] Assembly languages

[Bob Eager]

On Tue, 12 Apr 2022 15:10:52 +0200, Johnny Billquist wrote:

> Small caveat, I might have reverse character and block device (I tend to
> do that sometimes...)
> 
> Block - running through the Unix blocking/deblocking, giving you a
> stream of bytes.
> 
> Character - the basic, raw access to the device. Dealing with blocks.
> 
> 
> I do find the names confusing, because I tend to think that character
> would be the one that gives a stream of bytes, but it's not...

Just use FreeBSD! There is no distinction between devices, and hadn't 
been since 5.0.

All are 'character' devices using a unified buffering scheme.



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