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From: mdg@macs.UUCP (Mark Griffith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: OS/2 vs AmigaDOS
Message-ID: <21187640@macs.UUCP>
Date: 16 May 89 12:52:26 GMT
References: <2134@iitmax.IIT.EDU> <9412@watcgl.waterloo.edu> <13646@ncoast.ORG>
Organization: Stetson University, DeLand FL
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In article <13646@ncoast.ORG>, allbery@ncoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery) writes:
> As quoted from <2755@csccat.UUCP> by jack@csccat.UUCP (Jack Hudler):
> +---------------
> | In article <21187634@macs.UUCP> mdg@macs.UUCP (Mark Griffith) writes:

  (stuff deleted)

> Duh.  People, may I remind you that the 6809 is to the 68000 as the Z-80 is
> to the 8080; i.e. it's not the OS that can't compete, it's the *processor*.
> Have you worked with the 680x0 version of OS-9?  For that matter, you might
> as well compare Unix to the multitasking OS that Morrow Designs used to sell
> for its "big" Z-80 boxes, or to MP/M on a Z-80 (I've used it).
> 
> OS-9 was inspired by Motorola, so the chances of an 80386 version are slight.
> A Mac version is much more likely, and is much more likely to give OS/2 a
> run for its money.  (Especially if done right... something which *can't* be
> said for A/UX.)
> 

(clap, clap, clap, clap)  Obviously, a man who knows what he is talking
about.

/\/\ark

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