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From: blume@netmbx.UUCP (Heiko Blume)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: multitasking, softswitch, etc.
Message-ID: <2499@netmbx.UUCP>
Date: 3 Apr 89 01:39:13 GMT
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Reply-To: blume@netmbx.UUCP (Heiko Blume)
Organization: netmbx Public Access Unix, Berlin, West Germany
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>Sorry to rain on your parade, but a multitasking OS is a physical impossibility
>on the // line. IT CAN'T BE DONE. Now, expend that creative energy on porting
>GNU C and GNU Emacs, and I'll be VERY VERY happy!

well, if you really want to see 'segmentation violation - core dumped' you're
right of course but if you dont care if the thing crashes now and then it sure
is possible. i.e. minix is such a beast running even on 8086 etc without mmu.
of course gnu emacs is out of reach, since it is designed for 32bit virtual
machines.

however, (one of my favorite topics!) smalltalk-pc which was described in byte
somewhere in 85 already had multitasking etc. of course it wants to be fed
smalltalk programs, but what the heck, i'd LOVE it ! unfortunatley i've never
found a source for it...sigh
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