Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!purdue!haven!adm!smoke!gwyn From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: System programming for the Apple II (preferably the IIe) Message-ID: <12317@smoke.BRL.MIL> Date: 8 Mar 90 01:05:38 GMT References: <6673@hydra.gatech.EDU> <7368@latcs1.oz.au> <7373@latcs1.oz.au> Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn) Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD. Lines: 18 In article <7373@latcs1.oz.au> stephens@latcs1.oz.au (Philip J Stephens) writes: > Oh dear! I've been flamed for the misuse of terms!!! Let's see if we can't >clear this up... Nakada was exactly right. >That doesn't mean you can't create a stripped-down version of >Unix which supports single processes. The only thing that clears up is that you don't understand the essence of UNIX. A single-process operating system could by no valid stretch of the imagination be denoted a variant of "UNIX". Please pick some other name for what you propose, to avoid the contradiction in terms. In fact there are already several "UNIXy shell" environments available for the Apple //. If that is all you're after there is no need to do any operating system development.