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- From: Annius Groenink <Annius.Groenink@let.ruu.nl>
- Subject: Hardware and 8MHz 68000 machines
- Date: Sat, 22 Jan 1994 16:03:20 +0100 (MET)
- In-Reply-To: <9401221334.AA08600@nyx10.cs.du.edu> from "Stephen Henson" at Jan 22, 94 06:34:39 am
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- > I admit this would break programs which were not
- > virtual-memory aware which go straight for the hardware.
-
- Which in some cases is the only option (STE sound hardware for example)!
-
- > The main problem I see is catering for the ST{F,FM,M} series machines, those
- > with mere 68000's. The only way I can see a non-blocking fork being
- > implemented is via shadowing, as used in Minix.. and does that slow the
- > machine down or what?
-
- Sorry, but if we go on wanting to cater for 68000 machines we're never going
- to get something which matches the standards of today. I mean think about
- it.
-
- regards,
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