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From: edp367s@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (Rik Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: MINIX on the Amiga...
Message-ID: <1990Sep24.043808.25922@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au>
Date: 24 Sep 90 04:38:08 GMT
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barrett@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Dan Barrett) writes:

>>xwm@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Alexei Rodriguez) writes:
>>>	Will it multi-task under amiga? 

>In article <1990Sep20.034119.23845@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au> edp367s@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (Rik Harris) writes:
>>No, it takes over the computer.  What's the point of running two operating
>>systems at the same time?

>	The same as running two PROGRAMS at the same time:  so you don't
>have to exit one to run the other.  An operating system is just a program,
>you know.
>	Simply put:  if you could switch between Amiga OS and MINIX without
>rebooting, isn't that better than requiring a reboot?  Ask any Bridgeboard
>owner.

Sorry, I would like to live in a kind of utopia, where I can throw 
Amiga OS away completely, and use only a UNIX variant  :-)
>                                                        Dan
rik.
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