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From: gaynor@bat.cis.ohio-state.edu (Vampire)
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Subject: Re: Could AMAX multitask with an MMU?
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Date: 16 Jun 89 20:39:36 GMT
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In article <329@mindlink.UUCP> a218@mindlink.UUCP (Charlie Gibbs) writes:
>
>    Any chance that a version of Amax could be produced that uses the MMU in a
>2620 or Lucas board to map the Mac's area somewhere else to allow AmigaDOS to
>continue to run?

	Most likely not.  First of all, A-Max takes over the Amiga entirely.
It can even eat up KickStart mem on a 1000 if you tell it to.  But the main
reason is the switching between disk drive drivers that would be involved.
A-Max format is not Amiga format (each is "bad" when the other is running).
That in itself would be sufficient to keep an AmigaDos/A-Max simultaneous
version running, UNLESS you assigned drives specifically to each.  I dunno.
Call up ReadySoft and talk to Simon Douglas, the creator.  Ask him.  (He is
the guy who answers all the A-Max tech queries - at least *I've* gotten him
each time I've called (about 5 times))

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