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- From: ersmith@netcom.com (Eric R. Smith)
- Subject: Re: Multi-tasking
- Message-ID: <1992Dec16.200832.574@netcom.com>
- Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest)
- References: <1givnuINNir@katmandu.solbourne.com> <1992Dec15.183040.25395@netcom.com> <1gm409INN190@katmandu.solbourne.com>
- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 20:08:32 GMT
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- In article <1gm409INN190@katmandu.solbourne.com> stevem@solbourne.com (Stephen Matson) writes:
- >ersmith@netcom.com (Eric R. Smith) writes:
- >>It's not only the de facto standard for multitasking, it's also
- >>the de jure standard (i.e. the official one). Or perhaps more
- >>accurately I should say it's "going to be" the official standard,
- >>since MultiTOS when it is released will use the MiNT kernel to
- >>provide multitasking. (MultiTOS will also provide a much enhanced
- >>AES and desktop which will have extensions to support multitasking).
-
- > I'm sure this is FAQ but is Multi-TOS going to be available
- >to all ST owners (At least those with enough RAM) or will it just be
- >on the Falcon?
-
- MultiTOS will certainly be available for any 68030 equipped Atari
- machine (TT, Falcon, or ST with a 68030 upgrade board). It has not
- yet been decided whether a 68000 version will be available; 68000s
- don't have an MMU (so memory protection isn't possible) and also
- are rather slow for doing serious multitasking, so I would really
- recommend a 68030 for MultiTOS.
-
- Eric Smith ersmith@netcom.com ersmith@atari.uucp
- I'm a programmer, not a spokesperson.
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