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.\" $NetBSD: about.me,v 1.3 2003/07/26 20:17:31 salo Exp $
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.\" Copyright (c) 1998 Jason R. Thorpe.
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.sh 1 "References"
.pd
.sh 1 "Obtaining NetBSD"
.pp
More information about NetBSD, including information on where to obtain
sources and binaries for the NetBSD operating system itself, may be found at
\fBhttp://www.NetBSD.org/\fR.
.pp
Updates to this paper may appear periodically, and can be found at
\fBhttp://www.NetBSD.org/Documentation/research/\fR.
.sh 1 "Acknowledgments"
.pp
I would like to thank the following individuals for their very
constructive input and insight during the \fIbus_dma\fR design phase:
Chris Demetriou, Charles Hannum, Ross Harvey, Matthew Jacob, Jonathan
Stone, and Matt Thomas.
.pp
I would also like to extend special thanks
to Chris Demetriou, Lonhyn Jasinskyj, Kevin Lahey, Yvonne Malloy,
David McNab, and Harry Waddell for the time they spent reviewing
and helping me to polish this paper.
.sh 1 "About the author"
.pp
Jason R. Thorpe is a Network Systems Engineer
at the Numerical Aerospace Simulation Facility at NASA's Ames Research
Center. His professional interests include design and implementation of
portable operating systems, high-speed computer networks, and network
protocols. In addition to his work on the NetBSD operating system in
support of network and mass storage system development projects at the
NAS facility, he is an active participant in the Internet Engineering Task
Force. He has been a contributor to the NetBSD Project since mid-1993,
and has run nearly every port at one time or another. He currently maintains
NetBSD's hp300 port, and is a member of the NetBSD Core Group.
.pp
The author may be reached at: Numerical Aerospace Simulation Facility,
Mail Stop 258-5, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035,
or via electronic mail at \fIthorpej@nas.nasa.gov\fR.