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From: ross@swan.ulowell.edu (Ross Miller)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st,comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: MacMultitasking...almost
Message-ID: <2909@swan.ulowell.edu>
Date: 16 Feb 88 22:08:32 GMT
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Reply-To: ross@swan.ulowell.edu (Ross Miller)
Organization: University of Lowell, Computer Science Dept.
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In article <1894@leo.UUCP> harald@leo.UUCP ( Harald Milne) writes:
>In article <8802100646.AA16770@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>, FXDDR@ALASKA.BITNET writes:
>> I still don't like the wimpy pseudo-multitasking like Amiga and Unix push.
>> I prefer real multitasking, where each process has its own processor!
>> But I've got a lot more soldering before I get there...
>
>	Well at last count, my Amiga has 3 CPU's and 6 coprocessors. Yes, they
>run simultainiously.
>
>	Oh wait, you mean multi-processing. Well, when UNIX does this, with
>three disparete environments, let me know!
Hmmm, well Sequent does run multiple processes on multiple processors and
unix works fine.

Alliant doesn't seem to have a problem mixing unix up with CE's and IOP's.
I believe the IOPs are 68020's.

CDC 825 (don't know if this environment is still for sale) ran NOS, NOS/VE, 
and an unix sys V clone all at once.  Note that the processor was switching
instruction sets and memory managment schemes in mid stream.  Quite a nice
idea, and it worked.  The hardware was great, but the software was
a different matter entirely.  I remember one of the engineers looking
at incredously when I asked for wild cards in the SCL for NOS/VE.

	The Amy is nice technology for personal computers, but it is 
by no means the forfront of technology today.

							Ross




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