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- From: chris@robertson.rhein-main.de (Chris Robertson)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.networking
- Subject: Re: IRC request
- Date: 2 Mar 1996 11:20:21 GMT
- Organization: Individual Network - Rhein-Main
- Message-ID: <2542.6635T738T1477@robertson.rhein-main.de>
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- >In article <1077.6633T755T939@image.dk> clauss@image.dk (Claus Pedersen)
- >writes:
- >> This is not absolutely correct. You might recall the early days with older
- >> versions of the operating system. These days - even without mmu-protected
- >> os-core - the AmigaOS is quite stable. I remember running a Nos variant on
- >> my old A1000 with OS3.1 in very long periods without any problems. Nos is
- >> a selfcontained tcp/ip stack with all services compiled in.
-
- >I agree. I am not absolutely correct. However, the Amiga operating system
- >still lacks complete memory protection and resource allocation, making it
- >possible for a haywire app to crash the system.
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- >The Amiga's support software is also lacking. The fact that there is no
- >IRC server software for the Amiga makes it difficult to run an IRC server.
- >Even if there WAS software, it would be difficult to convince the IRC
- >administration that you could provide reliable service on a
- >non-professional, non-Unix computer system.
-
- >Also, while AmiTCP/IP is excellent for light-duty work, it is most likely
- >not robust enough to handle the thousands of connections per hour and the
- >tens of megabytes per minute of data transfer that running IRC server would
- >require.
-
- >Also, the Amiga hardware is not up to the task of the intensive task of
- >running an IRC server. The Amiga does not have hot-swappable or even
- >redundant power supplies. Amiga operating system requires a reboot when
- >you change hard disks. The Amiga hardware is not up to current
- >professional standards. It's a damn excellent home computer, but I
- >wouldn't even consider using it in a commerical/industrial environment.
-
- >Rabid Amiga advocists please note: I am not putting down the Amiga
- >computer in any way. I use my Amiga every day, and I wouldn't replace it
- >for the world. But it is NOT perfect for all applications, as much as
- >we'd like to think that it is.
-
- >Some realism is required.
-
- Well, I find the Amiga quite stable when it is sitting there doing only one
- thing (like raytrace.. had mine going for 14 days without a problem before).
- The problems start appearing when I am simultaneously doing about 10 other
- things. So if the amiga running the IRC server was doing nothing else and the
- server software was well written, it would be OK. IMHO.
-
- Also, isn't it possible to add UPS capabilities to any computer? Just get one
- of those external UPSs. And why would you want to change HDs? For an IRC
- server, I can't see why that would matter... I have no idea if AmiTCP would be
- up to it though...
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