Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!apple!oliveb!amiga!cbmvax!andy From: andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: UNIX vs. Amiga speeds Message-ID: <6411@cbmvax.UUCP> Date: 28 Mar 89 21:01:32 GMT References: <6394@cbmvax.UUCP> Reply-To: andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel) Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA Lines: 20 In article shadow@pawl.rpi.edu (Deven T. Corzine) writes: >REAL low-level stuff done already, like interrupt handling [rather >poorly done, I'm afraid -- GURUs are a pretty piss-poor way to handle >a program messing up and causing an address error or something. if it As I recall, the 68000 has a bit of trouble recovering from an address error. (not enough state info saved). This was fixed in the 68010. (wasn't there a 68000 computer that used 2 68000s to get around this one ?) andy -- andy finkel {uunet|rutgers|amiga}!cbmvax!andy Commodore-Amiga, Inc. "Give me a Standard large enough, and a Committee to discuss it, and I will prevent the Earth from moving." Any expressed opinions are mine; but feel free to share. I disclaim all responsibilities, all shapes, all sizes, all colors.