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From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
Subject: Re: Amiga OS *IS* state of the art, but the NeXT is better
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Date: Wed, 3 Apr 1991 17:14:57 GMT

In article <*68Gc&.f1@cs.psu.edu> melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) writes:
>
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>Keep in mind that the NeXT is more than an 040.  The Amiga still
>doesn't have virtual memory(even Macs have this) or memory protection.
>The Amiga is a nice machine, but the market is heating up and
>consumers educated enough to know the better machine by looking at
>spec. sheet.
>
	Why is any of that necessary for a "great" machine?
Memory protection is not seen in any PC (except for Unixes). As
to VM, Commodore is working on that as well, and the Mac DOES NOT
have it yet. System 7.0 is not shipping yet.

>-Mike
>
>


	-- Ethan

Q: How many Comp Sci majors does it take to change a lightbulb
A: None. It's a hardware problem.