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From: seanc@pro-party.cts.com (Sean Cunningham)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: AmigaDOS 2.0
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Date: 27 Jun 90 22:36:06 GMT
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Those of you worrying about your ill-behaved 1.3 software running under 2.0
take heart...have you read the latest issue of BYTE regarding System 7.0 for
the Mac (only in an ALPHA version at this time!)?
 
It seems that alot of the hype regarding this upgrade was ahead of schedule,
and alot of the promised features won't be included, like virtual-memory, the
only real benefit it promised over AmigaDOS 2.0.  Also, they're already
predicting that alot of the current software will have to be rewritten, and
that this won't be an easy task.  Looks like Amiga developers aren't the only
ones who don't know how to read application specifications, heh-heh :^)
 
The Mac'll get interapplication communications similar to what we have with
ARexx, although it won't be as usefull considering the MacOS isn't capable of
preemptive multitasking...they also said the new OS was unbearably slow on
anything but a Mac ][, which leaves alot of Plus and SE owners out in the
cold.
 
This just proves that the grass isn't always greener on the other side...
 
Sean
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