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From: valentin@cbmvax.commodore.com (Valentin Pepelea)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Distributed Amiga processing. Is it possible?
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Date: 26 Mar 90 01:49:11 GMT
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Reply-To: valentin@cbmvax (Valentin Pepelea)
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In article <595@ucsvc.ucs.unimelb.edu.au> U3364521@ucsvc.ucs.unimelb.edu.au
(Lou Cavallo) writes:
>
>Does/should the Amiga OS have the potential/capability in future for distri-
>buted processing?

There are several problems involving this. One is that we need device 
independent graphics for distrubuted processing to work. How else could
we run an GUI based application on a remote machine.

Another problem is that the usual vm/protection/multi-processing MEMF_PUBLIC
memory flag definition is unused. What if a program running on a remote machine
wants to send a message to the local machine? How do you do that?

Your suggestions are welcome.

>I debated whether I should post this to comp.sys.amiga.technical.

This belongs on comp.sys.amiga.tech, and follow-ups are directed there.

>P.S:: Andy Tanenbaum has just announced a new book for Amoeba, a distributed
>systems OS which sounds quite exciting. This was a motivation for my asking.

Several of us here asked for the book.

Valentin
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