Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tank!ncar!unmvax!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!apple!oliveb!amiga!cbmvax!jesup From: jesup@cbmvax.UUCP (Randell Jesup) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: Unix V7 functionality under (or along with) AmigaDOS? (*LONG*) Message-ID: <6238@cbmvax.UUCP> Date: 13 Mar 89 18:59:47 GMT References: <6157@cbmvax.UUCP> <6185@cbmvax.UUCP> <473@laic.UUCP> Reply-To: jesup@cbmvax.UUCP (Randell Jesup) Distribution: comp Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA Lines: 15 In article <473@laic.UUCP> darin@nova.UUCP (Darin Johnson) writes: >However, the purpose of MINIX is to provide a instructional base to OS >design, not just to be an alternate OS for micro users. This means >that if MINIX is implemented on top of Exec, then it is impossible to >expirement with different scheduling algorithms, etc. Students would >have to still come into the labs to use the PC's, even if they did >have an Amiga. Actually, you could easily (maybe easier than any other way) implement Minix as a single Amiga process, with it's own internal scheduling. Poof, problem solved (similar ideas can be used for FSs, etc - though perhaps optionally, since FFS is real fast. :-) -- Randell Jesup, Commodore Engineering {uunet|rutgers|allegra}!cbmvax!jesup