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From: peter@sugar.UUCP (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Mac Multitasking? Hee-hee!
Message-ID: <534@sugar.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 22-Aug-87 17:28:14 EDT
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Posted: Sat Aug 22 17:28:14 1987
Date-Received: Mon, 24-Aug-87 03:44:40 EDT
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Organization: Sugar Land UNIX - Houston, TX
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Summary: Real-time versus time-shared.
Xref: mnetor comp.sys.amiga:7704 comp.sys.mac:5910

The real difference is that Tripos is a real-time type O/S, while UNIX is
a time-shared one. real-time systems are optimised for fast response time,
while timeshared systems are optimised for fair and moderatly fast turnaround
for a number of users. Personal computers act more like real-time systems than
time-shared ones, so people have come to expect fast real-time response. That's
why the Amiga seems so fast.
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-- Peter da Silva `-_-' ...!seismo!soma!uhnix1!sugar!peter (I said, NO PHOTOS!)