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From: jb10320@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Desdinova)
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Subject: Re: a2fx/hfslink
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Date: 5 Oct 90 15:59:25 GMT
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In article <9010051457.AA18841@apple.com> CMDSEN@PRIMEG.WEEG.UIOWA.EDU writes:
>I hope enough feelings and frustrations have been expressed already, so we can
>get back to some computer business on this net :-) (No flames, please)
>
>Fodder for the BitchFest:  The apple II can not/should not run UNIX!  If you
>want Unix, buy a machine built for it!

  No bitches here. I'm just telling it like it is. Unix is probably one of
the simplest operating systems under the sun. Even GS/OS is more complex.
Because of design, however, Unix is orders of magnitude more powerful.

  At least MY Apple IIgs SHOULD and WILL run Unix, if I'm as clever as I
think I am.  Unix will make the GS MORE USABLE, much more powerful, and
with the GUI, still easy to use.  It can be done.  I'm doing it (slowly,
classes are a bit much this semester).

>The apple II can not/should not MULTITASK!  If you want multi-tasking, buy a
>machine built for it!

   The Apple II does multitask in a limited fashion.  NDAs, and the wealth of
interrupt handling added since the //e have made this feasible for a II.

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