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From: ianf@nada.kth.se (Ian Feldman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: The brand-new OS (**NOT** System 7.0) question
Summary: Was: info on multitasking capabilities on the Mac
Message-ID: <2372@draken.nada.kth.se>
Date: 21 Nov 89 22:33:04 GMT
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In article <5338@internal.Apple.COM> chewy@apple.com (Paul Snively) writes:
(talking about the present incarnation of the multitasking capabilities,
ie, the MultiFinder):
>
>My personal opinion is that there was no good way to implement protected 
>memory for the MacOS on the few machines that we have that are even 
>guaranteed to have a PMMU chip, and that while we were able to hack 
>multitasking comparatively well, we would have created far more problems 
>with trying to implement protected memory on top of the current OS.
>
>It seems like a lot of what's being asked for will have to wait for a 
>brand-spanking new OS.  That wouldn't be a bad thing (also in my opinion) 
>but neither can I make any promises.  Sorry.


  Are you referring to the coming brand-new OS for the Macintosh,
  a total rewrite of the existing one,  mentioned publicly by John
  Sculley in the spring of 1988?   Or just a slip-o-the-ol'-tongue?

--Ian Feldman /  ianf@nada.kth.se || uunet!nada.kth.se!ianf
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