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From: karl@ficc.uu.net (karl lehenbauer)
Newsgroups: comp.os.misc
Subject: AOS (was Re: Unix bigotry)
Summary: DG is doing an ECL version of the Moto 88000
Message-ID: <3114@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 16 Feb 89 06:59:57 GMT
References: <117@spectra.COM> <692@cvbnet2.UUCP> <3101@ficc.uu.net>
Organization: Ferranti International Controls
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From article <117@spectra.COM>, by pace@spectra.COM (William B. Pace):
> Those who think that Unix is a 'clean' OS have never looked at AOS code.
> THAT's a clean system.  Unix, bless it's tin soul, is NOT a clean OS, despite
> what Unix boosters want to say.  ...

According to EE Times (Feb 6 '89, pg. 16), Motorola and Data General are now
jointly developing an ECL version of the Motorola 88000 RISC processor, for
introduction in 1991.  

Do you suppose it will run AOS, or Unix?
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