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- From: sbh@cs.waikato.ac.nz (Stephen B Hodge)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: AmigaOS 4.x features
- Date: 10 Mar 1996 21:43:32 GMT
- Organization: The University of Waikato
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- nyle landas (nyle@cyber1.servtech.com) wrote:
- : Stephen B Hodge (sbh@cs.waikato.ac.nz) wrote:
- : : I would really like to see the ability to run several OSes
- : : at the same time (with each one on its own AmigaOS screen). Intercommunication
- : : could be provided by networking (eg. each OS thinks the others are seperate
- : : computers on a network).
- :
- : The CHRP standard isn't designed to do this. The machine is taken over by
- : the current OS running. What you are talking about would require some form
- : of OS switching which would be dificult to accomplish if it's possible.
- I realise all of this. What I was saying is that it would be nice (not that
- it would be possible).
-
- : What would be nice would be some form of data exchange between OSs. Maybe a
- : portion of the harddrive where each OS could save formatted info. Sort of
- : like a clipboard between OSs.
- I believe that the CHRP standard does include device independance. Does this
- extend to the level where the various OSes are not going to require a
- seperate partion each, 'cos if they don't then it should be no problem.
- I know one thing that was suggested is nonvolatile ram.
-
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-
- Steve Hodge
- sbh@cs.waikato.ac.nz
- Computer Science Dept, University of Waikato,
- Hamilton, New Zealand
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