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- From: gilem@aix.rpi.edu (Michael R. Gile)
- Subject: Re: OS count, anyone?
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- Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
- References: <BsL2Jo.3LH@news.cso.uiuc.edu> <1992Aug11.155156.1466@njitgw.njit.edu> <1992Aug14.234311.18193@grebyn.com>
- Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 17:40:04 GMT
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- R.K. writes:
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- There's GeoWorks, a small-scale Windows-like DOS extender. Runs
- better than Windows on slower machines. Doesn't scale up as well, and
- as far as I know only the original company can develop apps.
- .
- .
- Real-time multi-tasking OS'es mainly for vertical systems:
- OS-9000, QNX, Flex-OS, iRMX.
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-
- Sorry, but you have done an injustice to geoworks. It IS a real
- pre-emptive multitasking OS that runs on top of DOS. It was out
- LONG before OS/2, and is very fast (will even run respectably on
- an XT)! The only apps are unfoutunately proprietaary, but the
- cult following is anxiously awaiting the SDK, which is supposedly
- coming out early next year. One thing I will give them, this
- is an excellent use for all of those 286/386 machines which are
- going to be thrown away by all of us who are moving up in the
- os world to NT, OS/2, NextStep, Solaris, and need all the speed
- we can get
-
- Mike G. .
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