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From: juancho@dgp.toronto.edu (John Buchanan)
Subject: Re: Atari 030 box (giggle)2
Message-ID: <8803311449.AA21205@caboto.dgp.toronto.edu>
Summary: Beta test of box
Keywords:  I told you so.
Organization: University of Toronto, CSRI
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Date:	Thu, 31 Mar 88 07:49:35 EST

	About six months ago I posted a somewhat nasty message about an
imminent release of an atari unix box.  I was flammed by a couple of people
from atari.  I also had a :-) report from a beta test site. :-)

It went as follows

Dear Atari:

	We have completed our first set of tests on the UNIX box that we
are beta testing for you.  Here are some slight problems that should be 
fixed.

	1) Disk caching does not work and if enabled simply ignores any 
	   writes,  Any subsequent reads simply return what was in the
	   buffer at the time.  This means that with disk caching on there
	   is never an EOF returned.

	2) The PAT (Process allocation table) seems to have been hard coded
	   to only allow 20 processes to run at the same time.

	3) The version of the ALCYON 5.00 that you provided with the box
	   requires 19 processes to run.  Thus the machine kicks all 
	   users of when a compile starts.
	4) There seems to be a maximum number of directory entries that are
	   allowed on a system.  Do you have any ideas as to what the limit
	   is.

	5) The compiler does not return any error codes.


		Ronald Raegan
		President 
		Silly Software Inc.

Following is the letter that was returned to us from atari

	Dear Silly Software:

	Thank you for your comments they are being concidered for a future 
release of the UNIX box.  We have forwarded all the comments to DRI who 
are responsible for the maintenance of the source code.

	P.S. We are currently starting the development of a atari XM-P
If you would like to become a beta test site please let me know.  The XM-P
will be the first super computer that will be available for mass consumption.
You will need a mega-ST as a front end for it.

			Fred Drammel 
			President of Some dept. of Atari

:-}
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My watch is better than yours.  It has multitasking, windows and
plays Old macdonald has a farm.  I will not listen to reason, of
course your watch is not as good as mine, in fact you are
silly for having bought it.  Sell it and buy my kind.
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John W. Buchanan                  Dynamic Graphics Project
               			  Computer Systems Research Institute
(416) 978-6619			  University of Toronto
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