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From: daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: Why all of this NeXT talk?
Keywords: A3000UX NeXT stop rediculous
Message-ID: <18897@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 13 Feb 91 00:34:17 GMT
References: <1991Feb9.083920.27791@en.ecn.purdue.edu> <1531@pdxgate.UUCP>
Reply-To: daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie)
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Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <1531@pdxgate.UUCP> hal@eecs.UUCP (Aaron Harsh) writes:
>In article <1991Feb9.083920.27791@en.ecn.purdue.edu> doctorj@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Jeffrey W Davis) writes:
>>The Unix port running on the NeXT machine is not actually Unix.
>>Imagine an
>>Amiga running Unix on multiple T800 processors!?  If you want number
>>crunching... you got it!

>  Do you think that Commodore has developed a UNIX to run on multiple
>T800 processors?  Do you think Commodore will ever develop one?

I don't think anyone will.  However, INMOS has already announced this 
distributed UNIX-ish thing for H1 Transputers.  In general, the Transputer
systems out there tend to have a relatively simple interface to the specifics
of the host system, and run their OS native.  So its only a little work, for
example, to hook a T800 network running Helios into an Amiga, or a Sun, or
whatever.  If you really want it, that is.  I'm not sold on the Transputer 
idea just yet, though is the H1 is as good as they claim, I might reevaluate
that opinion.

-- 
Dave Haynie Commodore-Amiga (Amiga 3000) "The Crew That Never Rests"
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