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From: jordan%lvvb.span@SDS.SDSC.EDU (RICH)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: RE: Unix OS for //s?
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Date: 18 Feb 88 15:39:59 GMT
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Why work on a Un*x for the //s? In a while Apple will have A/UX out, and
all we'll need is a Mac 2 emulator! :-)

Seriously, I don't think I'd want one until a faster processor (say 6 - 8
MHz was available in a GS. An accelerated 6502 would impose (I think) too
many architectural restrictions. It seems likely that a Un*x on the //s 
would have fixed or limited process address spaces (no virtual memory) due
to lack of hardware memory management support.

Does anyone know what the actual data transfer rate is for SCSI hard disks
like the CMS SD60 or the Sider D40 (sic) when attached to a //GS? The flyers
list seek time and such, but don't mention the transfer rate.

							Rich

Richard Jordan
SAIC Las Vegas
<jordan%lvva.span@sds.sdsc.edu>

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