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From: TCORAM@UDCVAX.BITNET (maroC ddoT)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Multi-Bashing
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Date: 6 Mar 88 04:00:00 GMT
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Aside from the RTX slant of the Multitasking discussion...what exactly makes
a ST a ST?  I mean, is a ST without GEM/GEMDOS/TOS still a ST?
I want multitasking, but I STILL like my ST.  I don't want an Amiga....
Lots of Amiga owners seem to be posting the 'AMIGA does this...' type of
messages to this digest.  Sure, the AMIGA has a better OS than the ST
(who doesn't? ;-), but a machine is NOT tied to an OS.  If you don't like
TOS, through IT away (not your machine).  What all my soapboxing is leading
to is this:

        Can anybody post reasonable descriptions of OS alternatives to TOS?

Like OS-9, MINIX, etc...??

Which brings me to a few questions:

Just how UNIX compatible is the C compiler for OS-9 with UNIX?  They say they
are source compatible in thier ads... Does this mean I can REALLY port C
stuff (forking and all) to OS-9?  Or is it just 'file' function compatible
with UNIX (as is most decent C compilers seem to be)?
I am thinking about OS-9 (68 Micro Journal is talking about covering STs now).

I seem to get the feeling that quite a few people out there waiting for MINIX
for the ST (it is coming in late spring) expect more of it than what it will
probally deliver.  If it is anything like the implementation on the IBM PC,
then it will not be *THE* multitasking OS for all ST users.  MINIX is great
for experimenting and playing with, but it will probally never become the
standard multitasking OS for the ST that everyone is looking for.
MINIX will probally be for hacking (I can't wait to get a copy ;-)...
What do you think?

BTW, this wasn't meant to be a FLAME on anyone or any machine... I work with
AMIGA fanatics, ST fanatics and (ugh) PC fanatics and they weren't offended
or outraged by anything I have said. ;-)
(If I say that I don't want an Amiga, or think that thier OS is unreliable
and buggy, will I be flamed on INFO-ATARI by Amiga owners??????)


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