Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!psuvax1!news From: melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) Subject: Re: NeXT/Amiga Flamage: Get a life. In-Reply-To: xgr39@isuvax.iastate.edu's message of Sat, 20 Apr 1991 14:41:15 GMT Message-ID: Sender: news@cs.psu.edu (Usenet) Nntp-Posting-Host: sunws5.sys.cs.psu.edu Organization: Penn State Computer Science References: <47402@ut-emx.uucp> ,<91110.010457MBS110@psuvm.psu.edu> <1991Apr20.144115.25537@news.iastate.edu> Date: Sat, 20 Apr 91 18:58:30 GMT Lines: 12 In article <1991Apr20.144115.25537@news.iastate.edu> xgr39@isuvax.iastate.edu (Marc Barrett) writes: You pay dearly for the convenience of being able to use your O.S. with 512K of RAM and a single floppy drive on the Amiga, too. Three of the most important features of MC OS 7.0 are virtual memory, memory protection, and sophisticated structured/outlined fonts. These features are totally non-existant in Amiga OS 2.0. There is no memory protection included in System 7.0. -Mike