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- From: Claus Brod <clausb@hpbeo79.bbn.hp.com>
- Subject: Re: xfs in general
- Date: Wed, 23 Feb 94 10:40:56 MEZ
- In-Reply-To: <01H97X7JD8O28ZFGM5@ksla.nl>; from "Egbert Jan van den Bussche" at Feb 23, 94 10:03 am
- Mailer: Elm [revision: 70.85]
-
- > Sorry for all this drivel but when I think of that time I wonder if MiNT on
- > better hardware (fully interrupt driven, good memory managenent unit etc.)
- > wouldn't be much better off and fit for the job. Don't misunderstand me;
- > I don't hate ATARI at all. I have a 520/4Mb/145Mb and a 1040/4MB/210Mb both
- > running TOS 2.06 and I love them and the software running on them (mostly
- > WORKS, GNU and MiNT).
-
- I don't think it's the hardware that makes MiNT inefficient. The
- ST has everything you need for a good multitasking operating system
- (OS9 has been available for it for quite a long time). The current
- performance problems are due to software idiosyncracies and
- compatibility issues.
-
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