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From: dewey@sequoia.UUCP (Dewey Henize)
Newsgroups: comp.os.misc
Subject: Re: The value of QNX
Keywords: QNX
Message-ID: <6232@sequoia.UUCP>
Date: 16 Jan 90 19:58:44 GMT
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In article <763@geovision.UUCP> gd@geovision.UUCP (Gord Deinstadt) writes:
]In article <5876@sequoia.UUCP> dewey@sequoia.UUCP (Dewey Henize) writes:
]>If they just had 1) a way to access diskettes faster when doing backups/
]>restores 
]
]Huh?  I don't understand what you're saying here.  You can certainly
]treat a file on floppy just like one on hard disk.
 
Sorry, I guess I wasn't clear.  Gord is certainly correct that you can get
to them with exactly the same commands, etc.  However, access is really
SLOW - right now.  I understand that's changing with the new OS referenced
below.

Doing an fbackup right now to a floppy is painful.  It's about the speed
of IBM's backup, which is abysmal compared to a lot of things that are
out (Fastback Plus, other products of that ilk).

]
]>and 2) something resembling a defragmenter for HDs, it would be
]>a lot better!
]
I've since heard from them that there IS such a critter - and if I can
get through to them I'll be getting it!  
]QNX 4.0, which will be Posix-conforming, will have an all-new file
]system.  Quantum claims it is much improved.  They've also doubled
]net throughput, and finally *bought* a decent C compiler to replace 
]their old piece of crap.  Release is slated for sometime this quarter.
]
](Lest the above paragraph give you the wrong impression, I *really*
]like QNX and have been using it since V1.2.
Me too, really.  Even down to the V1.2 level, though I didn't have the
slightest idea what that was at the time (amazing the things you get
when you buy a system from someone who bought it from someone who... :)
]--
]Gord Deinstadt		gdeinstadt@geovsion.UUCP
]who does not work for Quantum

Personally, I can't wait for the new Posix and etc stuff.  My friend and
I are on hold on a new equipment purchase right now because of it.  If
the upgrade costs are reasonable we'll be changing over to that pretty
quickly - for the ability to port *NIX stuff easier if for no other reason.

Dewey Henize





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