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- From: sjsobol@tiny.com (Steven J. Sobol)
- Reply-To: sjsobol@tiny.wariat.org (Steven J. Sobol)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.coherent
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- Subject: Re: OS compare (Unix/clone)
- References: <michaelv.711988050@help.cc.iastate.edu> <1992Jul24.182034.1256@unixg.ubc.ca>
- Message-ID: <920727594@tiny.com>
- Organization: The Tiny Software Company, Main Office, Cleveland, Ohio
- Date: Mon, 27 Jul 92 16:35:19
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- besler@geop.ubc.ca writes: (re. multi-processing OS's on XT's)
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- >Well, it's nice to see that you stand by your statement, but you're WRONG.
- >Although it is not unix, there is an OS for XT's and above called PC/GEOS
- >which has virtual memory and flat memory addressing. All this in a 70k kernel.
- >Throw in the Motif GUI that gets linked to it at boot-up time, and the fact
- >that it has pre-emptive multitasking and you get a system that kicks MicroSloth
- >Windoze in the head!
-
- Great. Now where's the software for it?? :)
- Besides AOL's software and the integrated software that the same company
- sells (can't remember the name) ... there is none!!
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