Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!husc6!rutgers!njin!limonce From: limonce@pilot.njin.net (Tom Limoncelli) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: OS/9 versus AmigaDOS (Re: Amiga Dealers/Commodore) Message-ID: Date: 5 Aug 88 00:06:14 GMT References: <4322@cbmvax.UUCP> <2030097@hpcilzb.HP.COM> Organization: NJ InterCampus Network, New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 41 In article <2030097@hpcilzb.HP.COM> daves@hpcilzb.HP.COM (Dave Scroggins) writes: >Sam, > >>The Amiga operating system is in ROM. You could argue that that is *RUN* >>everytime you turn the machine on, but I think you would be just trying >>to be argumentative about something that is a fact! > >MY AMIGA OS in NOT in ROM!! Remember the 1000!! > >So MY OS gets stuck in RAM. Does that mean I RUN my OS but >you don't since yours is in ROM (500/2000)? > >I don't think so. When you get right down to it a ROM is >just a section of memory that "does not forget"!! > >Dave S. > From my point of view (I own a 1000 and a 2000) the 1000's Kickstart is in ROM and I don't get upset when people refer to the OS being in ROM, because after my Amiga has been running for about 30 seconds, the kickstart looks, feels, and smells like it is in ROM. How's that for a run-on sentence? (Of course... I also smile because I know that my upgrades are cheaper because I don't have to pay for new ROMs. :-) ...well, for one of my machines) Tom -- Tom Limoncelli Currently using crutches and in great pain, but still available at: limonce@pilot.njin.net "Remember all the great times we had?" tlimonce@drew.bitnet "Yeah... was that *you*?" tlimonce%drew@cunyvm.cuny.edu "The opinions expressed above are mine... just mine." (Hey Eric! Remember when I was so proud to finally be on a net and your reply was, "Bitnet? Ok... tell me when you get on a real net"? Well, look at the new signature! A real net! Right on the internet! See! See! It's also reachable via limonce@njin.rutgers.edu. Ok Eric? )