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- Organisation: Westfaelische Wilhelms-Universitaet, Muenster, Germany
- Date: Wednesday, 19 Aug 1992 11:46:52 MES
- From: Julian F. Reschke <RESCHKE@DMSWWU1A.UNI-MUENSTER.DE>
- Message-ID: <92232.114652RESCHKE@DMSWWU1A.UNI-MUENSTER.DE>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Re: New operating systems (OS/2-TOS)
- References: <1992Aug18.191802.22099@sactoh0.sac.ca.us>
- Lines: 51
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- In article <1992Aug18.191802.22099@sactoh0.sac.ca.us>, mfolivo@sactoh0.sac.ca.us
- (Mark Newton-John) says:
- >
- >If there is a grand future for Atari, I have a few comments on
- >future operating systems.
- >
- >Seeing that the basic GEM interface and TOS has been relative
- >unchanged from the original 1985 version, and seeing the operating
- >system for the IBM machines evolve to OS/2, what is in store for
- >TOS?
-
- Preemptive multitasking with MultiTOS (and existing (!) GEM applications).
-
- >
- >I have seen what OS/2 can do, and compared to TOS, it seems to me
- >that Atari is being left behind. Real multitasking through the OS,
- >not through a program, drag and drop, being able to configure
- >almost anything tthe user desires, and being a 32-bit operating
- >system.
-
- Drag & Drop is there since there are alternative desktops (and, of course,
- Atari's own new desktop in TOS 2.x and 3.x).
-
- >
- >How does the current TT TOS (3.0??) compare? Is it a 32-bit
- >operating system, or is it still tied to a 16-bit path?
-
- TOS *ALWAYS* has been as 32 bit operating system (this means: TOS
- always used a flat 32 bit memory model).
-
- >
- >What is the fastest Motorola processor?
-
- 68040/33 Mhz. Seems to be comparable to a Sparc chip.
-
- >
- >What about the Motorola 88000? Is it faster, better, compatible?
-
- Perhaps faster, but not compatible.
-
- >
- >Or will Atari start to make Intel machines? My feelings is why not.
- >There is the ST market and the larger (in the US) IBM market. If
- >Dell, Wang, and the others are making (??) money, Atari should be
- >in there to capture some of the market. After all, Atari still
- >makes the 2600 because there are people STILL buying them, so why
- >not havev Atari expand their ABC systems to make the incremental
- >sales.
-
- I doubt that they can earn lots of money there. They would have to
- compete with low cost vendors, which is virtually impossible.
-