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- From: mlelstv@serpens.rhein.de (Michael van Elst)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: OS features
- Date: 31 Dec 1995 20:43:47 +0100
- Organization: dis-
- Message-ID: <4c6p5j$10j@serpens.rhein.de>
- References: <edmundv.42zj@grafix.xs4all.nl>
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- edmundv@grafix.xs4all.nl (Edmund Vermeulen) writes:
-
- >So you are saying that the OS guys at Commodore-Amiga had never seen UNIX and
- >its inbuilt memory protection? And furthermore that they didn't know about the
- >68020 and its optional MMU hardware?
-
- That's what YOU say and has _nothing_ to do with the problem.
-
- >They could have easily made provisions for memory protection in the Amiga's OS
- >if they had wanted to. Instead they deliberately chose not to. The Amiga's high
- >performance and low memory usage were a direct result of this.
-
- Rubbish.
-
- The decision to use an 68000 has something to do with _cost_. At that
- time hardly anyone could afford 68020s or MMU chips. And with 68000
- in mind you do not have to ask yourself wether you implement memory
- protection or not as you simply cannot implement it.
-
-
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- Michael van Elst
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