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From: rhl@computing-maths.cardiff.ac.uk (Robert Hartill)
Newsgroups: comp.os.misc,comp.realtime,comp.os.vms,comp.sys.amiga.tech,comp.sys.mac.programmer,comp.sys.atari.st.tech,comp.os9,comp.windows.misc
Subject: Your attention please...
Keywords: operating systems, device drivers
Message-ID: <1991Jan2.113943.29204@computing-maths.cardiff.ac.uk>
Date: 2 Jan 91 11:39:43 GMT
Sender: rhl@computing-maths.cardiff.ac.uk (Robert Hartill)
Reply-To: rhl@computing-maths.cardiff.ac.uk (Robert Hartill)
Organization: University of Wales College of Cardiff, Cardiff, WALES, UK.
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Over the years, reading newsgroups like this one, I have found that the best
way to get a huge response from readers is to write something they can argue
against.

Goal :- I want to know how operating systems (of the multitasking flavour)
        other than Unix perform I/O - how they implement device drivers..

Bait :- Unix has the best form of device I/O.
        Unix device drivers are faster than all other operating systems.
	Unix device drivers are the easiest to program.


If it makes you feel better, you can pretend I really mean it... flame me !!.

Please e-mail responses 'cos I may not read all the newsgroups I send this to.

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::     Robert Hartill, Dept Of Computing Mathematics, UWCC, Cardiff, UK.     ::
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He who can, does. He who cannot teaches.
-George Bernard Shaw.
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