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From: kamann@csm9a.UUCP (kamann)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ti
Subject: Re: Myarc Geneve
Keywords: Graphics capabilities
Message-ID: <1663@csm9a.UUCP>
Date: 17 Jul 89 21:56:08 GMT
References: <4752@psuvax1.cs.psu.edu> <1643@csm9a.UUCP> <176@zip.eecs.umich.edu> <10677@watcgl.waterloo.edu>
Organization: Colorado School of Mines
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In article <10677@watcgl.waterloo.edu>, wsflinn@watcgl.waterloo.edu (Scott Flinn) writes:

>     2.  I have just finished writing (for a PC type machine) a real-time
> 	multi-tasking kernel.  I am now kicking myself for having sold
> 	my Geneve ... such a kernel would be perfect for the Geneve, for
> 	two reasons:
> 	  a) the architecture of the TMS99xx processor provides complete
> 	     context switches for free (well, for the cost of executing
> 	     a single BLWP).  This would give incredible multi-task
> 	     performance (comments anyone?).
> 	  b) having a system based on many concurrently running light-weight
> 	     tasks would make many of the memory paging problems go away,
> 	     having the kernel take care of all communication between
> 	     processes running in different memory pages.
> 
Well Scott, the multi-tasking kernel you speak of is supposedly being developed
for the Geneve as we speak (although late as usual).  The package is called
GEME (I think?!?) and is supposed to have those features you mentioned above.
It was brought to everyone's attention about a year ago, and was reviewed in
an issue of Micropendium, but was not ready for release at that time (it was up
to version .3).  I think that the idea is great, but it is being produced
with "neolithic imcompetence" (yes, a movie quote!).  To me it sounds like it
is too bad that you sold out, people like you tend to get things done.  I
personally have never bought a Geneve for the one reason that keeps coming
up in these postings, NO SOFTWARE!  I am a programmer at heart, but I prefer
programming on a system with a reliable operating system, not one that they
will change down the road and cause me hours of reprogramming grief trying
to correct.
 
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