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Once all the materials were gathered, the temptation was to immediately sit at the PC and write code. This is a temptation that should always be vigorously avoided. One needs to sit down and carefully break down this project into smaller bites. However, because many parts of this project are interrelated, we must insure that the internal standards are uniformly maintained by all areas of the port and during all phases. In other words, the bridge must meet in the center.
Therefore, instead of plunging directly into development, we began the most critical phase of this (or any) port -- that of creating the 386BSD specification. This specification addressed the following major issues:
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