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- From: tcscs!zeta@src.honeywell.com (Gregory Youngblood)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Beef Sandwich - Re: Amiga now kicks PC butt - no way.
- Message-ID: <gL7PVB3w165w@tcscs.UUCP>
- Date: 13 Dec 92 15:40:03 GMT
- Article-I.D.: tcscs.gL7PVB3w165w
- References: <1992Dec12.164109.487@global.hacktic.nl>
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- Organization: TCS Consulting Services
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- peter@global.hacktic.nl (Peter Busser) writes:
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- > D.J.Butcher@newcastle.ac.uk (Dave Butcher) writes:
- >
- > >>Try to run a real operating system on a PC and then try to crash it.
- > >Well, presumably they'll need to write one on the PC first.
- > >Well, I've used windows 3.0, MS-DOS (various versions), GEM.
- >
- > *REAL* operating systems, not user interfaces and interrupt handlers.
- >
- OS/2 is a real OS. While there are still some bugs, it is by far better than
- anything on top of DOS/windows or DOS/Desqview. At least running about 6 to 8
- different things at the same time wont crash the system or cause share violation
- like another "ooperation system"
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