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From: david@bdt.UUCP (David Beckemeyer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: tex/dvi/SUPRA (ABAQ-MC68030/Unix)
Message-ID: <179@bdt.UUCP>
Date: 16 Mar 88 19:16:56 GMT
References: <2672@crash.cts.com>
Reply-To: david@bdt.UUCP (David Beckemeyer)
Organization: Beckemeyer Development Tools, Oakland, CA
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In article <2672@crash.cts.com> fred@pnet01.cts.com (Fred Brooks) writes:
>I hope they will push the Unix machine. If they join the 68000 ABI then all
>software written for other Unix machines will run on the ATARI with out and
>mods. Not just source compatability but BINARY. It's the wave.

Ahh, we're all complaining that they can't support a simple no MMU, 68000
box running a single-user/single-tasking OS.  But you still want them pursue
a new machine?

Do you think they will find a much more complex, multi-user/multi-tasking system
easier to support?   Who are we kidding?  Take a look at comp.unix.microport
to see what happens when Unix isn't supportted.  And then, look how much time,
manpower, and effort Apple is putting into the Mac II and Unix.

I can see it now.  The high school student slave that takes tech. support
questions: "You say mkfs got a panic?  What's mkfs?  Did you make sure
the joystick was plugged in?"
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