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- From: "Olaf Barthel" <olsen@sourcery.han.de>
- Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 10:02:36 +0100
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- Subject: Re: OS features
- Message-ID: <13213453@sourcery.han.de>
-
- In Article <4cvioa$8hq@fcnews.fc.hp.com>, Tom Kennedy <tomk@fc.hp.com> wrote:
- > Teijo Kinnunen (kinnunen@stekt.oulu.fi) wrote:
- >
- > : I was referring to Unix/Linux and Win NT which both have safe MP. Win 95
- > : has partial MP. MacOS and AmigaOS are the only operating systems (of some
- > : significance), which don't have MP at all. Out of these, AmigaOS is the
- > : only one for which it isn't even planned...
- >
- > Well, according to Harv Laser, the PowerAmigas will have virtual
- > memory and memory protection -- Harv wrote:
- >
- > Here's a repost of my posting from when I got home from the VTU expo
- > on Thursday. From other postings here it sounds like it didn't get
- > out to everywhere (which I doubt... I think it's more lag than
- > anything else).
- >
- > 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 cannot stress enough that his speech was
- > very upbeat and optimistic, and there many breaks for loud
- > applause as he made certain points.
-
- Don't hold your breath. I don't want to criticize Petro here, telling
- him face to face what I think he should have done before making this
- promise would be more appropriate.
-
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