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From: jbickers@templar.actrix.gen.nz (John Bickers)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: 8-bit death
Message-ID: <3743.tnews@templar.actrix.gen.nz>
Date: 15 May 91 07:37:17 GMT
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Quoted from <1991May13.224027.9132@NCoast.ORG> by allbery@NCoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH):

> for system calls.  BIOS calls are another matter, but they're a prime symptom

    What does BIOS stand for?

> So user processes run in user mode.  But the system has to run in supervisor
> mode to manipulate the MMU... oh, that's right, the Amiga doesn't use the MMU.

    The "Amiga" does use the MMU (for things like Enforcer, etc). How
    does an Enforcer-like tool work under Unix? Or how do Unix source
    code debuggers work, for example?

> And using a non-interrupt entry point runs the risk of somebody accidentally
> typo'ing a #define and making every program in existence break as a result.

    Eh? Would you like to elaborate on this? Sounds like an incredibly
    stupid mistake to make, but you make it sound like it has happened
    in the past. Pre C= 64 days, maybe?

> ++Brandon
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