Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cornell!batcomputer!rpi!rpi.edu!deven From: deven@pawl.rpi.edu (Deven Corzine) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: Unix V7 functionality under (or along with) AmigaDOS? (*LONG*) Message-ID: Date: 14 Mar 89 16:06:15 GMT References: <6157@cbmvax.UUCP> <6185@cbmvax.UUCP> <473@laic.UUCP> Sender: usenet@rpi.edu Distribution: comp Organization: RPI Public Access Workstation Lab, Troy NY Lines: 28 In-reply-to: darin@nova.laic.uucp's message of 13 Mar 89 00:10:07 GMT In article <473@laic.UUCP> darin@nova.laic.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. The point is, an operating environment functionally compatible with Unix would be very valuable to the Amiga user (and programmer) community in general. As an instructional base, fine. Port Minix straight. But as an alternative operating system, it would be more useful if layered on top of Exec/etc. (But NOT AmigaDOS!) There are two different domains here; *I* am looking for the functionality, not the instructional base, and as such, I don't care if it is a port of Minix or not. Actually, I prefer NOT a port of Minix, as Exec is more dynamic than Minix, which is GOOD. (more dynamic than Unix, too.) AmigaDOS, however, just plain sucks. It's a shame that people get such a poor opinion of the Amiga's OS in general when it is only the DOS which is so lame. Such is life. AmigaDOS needs to be replaced. IMHO. Deven -- ------- shadow@pawl.rpi.edu ------- Deven Thomas Corzine --------------------- Cogito shadow@acm.rpi.edu 2346 15th Street Pi-Rho America ergo userfxb6@rpitsmts.bitnet Troy, NY 12180-2306 (518) 272-5847 sum... In the immortal words of Socrates: "I drank what?" ...I think.