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Subject: Re: stuff from May *Rainbow* - (nf)
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Date: Tue, 24-Apr-84 17:34:00 EST
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/***** ea:net.micro.6809 / bbncca!sdyer /  9:52 pm  Apr 22, 1984 */
Now, many of the driver-level problems can be addressed by 3rd party
vendors, but let's face it the hardware is still minimal, and a CP/M-like
system such as FLEX is less likely to expose such basic design limitations.
-- 
/Steve Dyer
{decvax,linus,ima}!bbncca!sdyer
sdyer@bbncca.ARPA
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All very true. But is having an operating system that demonstrates that you
bought inadequate hardware a bad thing? After all, you could always run
OS-9 as a single user system, and add the third-party drivers and hardware.
The result is something that is much nicer than an (just choosing a
well-known name as an example) apple, and (in this case, anyway) noticeable
less expensive.

I'm always one for extra abilities. Using them may be painful, but it's
nice to have them when you need them.

	<mike

P.S. - I don't consider using two OS's to be a suitable alternative. I
tried once, and gave up.