Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!know!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!psuvax1!psuvm!dxb132 From: DXB132@psuvm.psu.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: AmigaOS/UNIX - A Suggestion Message-ID: <90287.120957DXB132@psuvm.psu.edu> Date: 14 Oct 90 16:09:57 GMT References: <606@macuni.mqcc.mq.oz> <298@pdxgate.UUCP> <6782@sugar.hackercorp.com> <8081@gollum.twg.com> <6789@sugar.hackercorp.com> Organization: Penn State University Lines: 6 I don't understand why people keep referring to the Amiga OS as "real time". What's real time about it? I don't see timing specifications in the Rom Kernal Manual. In theory, any task or interrupt may be held off for an infinitely long time (I guess you could call that a timing specification...:-)) -- Dan Babcock