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From: f0057@uafhp.uucp (James E. Ward)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Multitasking on the ST
Summary: What is there and how well does it work?  OSK, Minix, MX2?
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Date: 3 Aug 89 13:14:07 GMT
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In article <34027@grapevine.uucp>, koreth@panarthea.sun.com (Steven Grimm) writes:
> (I still miss it on the ST.  I *am* a techie, after all.  Now that I'm more
> or less gainfully employed, I should go out and buy RTX, or finish the
> multitasking stuff I was working on way back when...)
> 
> ---
> This message is a figment of your imagination.  Any opinions are yours.
> Steven Grimm		Moderator, comp.{sources,binaries}.atari.st
> sgrimm@sun.com		...!sun!sgrimm


I am coming into a bit of money and am thinking about upgrading my ST
520 FM.  I currently have two single sided drives and 512K.  I'd like
to have a little Unix style system on my hands.  I've dabbled with OSK
and am a rabid Unix fan so I know and use multitasking daily.  Here's
what I'd like to know:

What multitasking kernels are available and how good are they?  I use
gulam unless I have to resort to GEM and I've heard that MX2 and Gulam
work together?  I tried MX2 to no avail once, is it better?

How stable/good is Minix?  Does GNU stuff work under it at all?

I have a friend who is a Unix system administrator and has OSK with a
hard drive and he says that I am such a rabid Unixer that I would not
be satisfied with OSK.  What do you think?  Is OSK a reasonable
alternative?

RAM upgrades?  I am not a hardware techie, so should I get the
solderless variety?  Which one?

And at last, what about a hard-drive?  Which one should I get?

Let me know, eh?

James E. Ward
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