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- From: kinnunen@stekt.oulu.fi (Teijo Kinnunen)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: OS features
- Date: 11 Jan 1996 11:47:34 GMT
- Organization: University of Oulu, Department of Electrical Engineering, Finland
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- Tom Kennedy (tomk@fc.hp.com) wrote:
-
- > Well, according to Harv Laser, the PowerAmigas will have virtual
- > memory and memory protection -- Harv wrote:
-
- > [snip]
-
- > I also wanted to add that during his speech, Petro also mentioned
- > that the PowerAmiga will feature memory protection and virtual
- > memory as OS features.
-
- I wouldn't rely on that until whoever are actually responsible for OS
- development have said their final word. It has been known for a long time
- that lack of memory protection is one of the most significant shortcomings
- of AmigaOS, and I think Tyschtschenko's statement was mostly meant to keep
- up the interest, and I doubt this issue had been considered thoroughly
- when the speech was kept.
-
- Whether it's actually feasible to add memory protection or not, it's
- the software engineers working on the OS who decide it, not the bosses.
-
- - Teijo
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