Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!batcomputer!alchemy!judge Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: NeXT/Amiga Flamage: Get a life. From: judge@alchemy.tcnet.ithaca.ny.us (rory toma) Message-ID: References: <1991Apr20.144115.25537@news.iastate.edu> Date: Sun, 21 Apr 91 12:36:45 EDT Organization: Alchemy International, Ithaca, N.Y. xgr39@isuvax.iastate.edu (Marc Barrett) writes: > In article <91110.010457MBS110@psuvm.psu.edu>, MBS110@psuvm.psu.edu writes: > >In article , melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) > >says: > >> > >>In article > >>judge@alchemy.tcnet.ithaca.ny.us (rory toma) writes: > >> > >> I thought improvements in OS's made them faster. Why is this slower? It > >> suretook them long enough to release it? > >> > >>And how long has it taken Commdore to go from 1.3 to 2.0, which still > >>isn't available on any computer except the A3000? > > > >Oh, picky, picky. :) They took ^2 years because they were busy getting it > >RIGHT, that's why. And, looking at the result, they GOT it right. 2.0 is > >faster, looks way better, and vastly expands the Amiga's functionality. > >All this with only a 512K ROM chip and a single 3-1/2" floppy. And need > >I remind you that it STILL multitasks beautifully in one half megabyte > >of memory? > > > >Compare that to the bloated System 7 (8 disks, 4 MB RAM required, and it's > >SLOWER than System 6??). I will GLADLY wait for something that works rather > >than something bloated and inefficient rushed out the door. ...If you can > >call two years "rushing," that is. > > 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. > > > > >Oh, yes. During that long wait for V 2.0, Commodore was ALSO busy getting > >every last bug out of the system. Nice of them, huh? > > > >/ Mark "Remixed for Common Household Appliances" Sachs - MBS110@psuvm.psu.ed > >| DISCLAIMER: It's NOT MY FAULT. Kei and Yuri || // > >| forced me to say it. || \X/ AMIGA > >\========= "Oh, I'm just a NO-OP in the instruction set of Life..." ======== > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > / Marc Barrett -MB- | BITNET: XGR39@ISUVAX.BITNET / > / ISU COM S Student | Internet: XGR39@CCVAX.IASTATE.EDU / > ---------------------------------------------------------- And multi-tasking is non-existant in 7.0. Which is more imporatnt? rory