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From: floyd@pawl.rpi.edu (Patrick J Wetmore)
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Subject: Re: Multitasking on a II
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Date: 13 Dec 90 08:38:58 GMT
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In article <10063@darkstar.ucsc.edu> unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (The Unknown User) writes:
>
>	I realize that this is going to be a "I think, I'm pretty sure"
>type of post (i.e. I'm not positive of any of my facts)... but bear with me.

You should have kept your mouth shut.
>
>	I believe that the original IBM PC can run Xenix... At least some
>of the "lower" IBM PCs can, I'm sure of that...
>
>	And I'm also under the impression that IBM PCs have nothing in
>the way of memory protection... So since they seem to run Xenix well, it
>seems that blows your argument out of the water.

Yah, you can run it fine, until a poitner gets screwed and zaps something
in another processes memory. Then you get crashes. If it worked just fine,
we wouldn't have MMUs, would we?
>
>	BESIDES, a 68881 card (that will actually fit in the 65816
>connector space) is being built and that'll deal with all of the protected
>memory problems...

Well, now, lots of things are 'being built'. There is mucho IIGS vaporware
that has been supposed to 'be built'. Never put faith in a GS product until
its actually released, because they rarely are. I've watched planned projects
go down the tubes for the last two and half years i've had the machine again
and again. The GS is not a profitable machine. There are much better machines
much more geared towards multitasking. I shudder to think of UNIX on the
plodding beast. The GS is overpriced and overrated. (Well, I got mine free.
So, you know, what the hell, I took it. Won't ever make that mistake again.) 
>
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Patrick Wetmore, another unfortunate IIGS owner (fortunately not deluded)

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