Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site lsuc.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcs!mnetor!lsuc!jimomura From: jimomura@lsuc.UUCP (Jim Omura) Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga Subject: Re: Unix for the Amiga? Message-ID: <808@lsuc.UUCP> Date: Sat, 28-Sep-85 16:15:13 EDT Article-I.D.: lsuc.808 Posted: Sat Sep 28 16:15:13 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 28-Sep-85 18:23:52 EDT References: <133@symplex.UUCP> <152@graffiti.UUCP> <286@anasazi.UUCP> Reply-To: jimomura@lsuc.UUCP (Jim Omura) Organization: Barrister & Solicitor, Toronto Lines: 44 Summary: Why didn't they use Unix in the first place? In article <286@anasazi.UUCP> will@anasazi.UUCP (Will Fuller) writes: >Why port UN*X to a perfectly friendly computer that has its own >multi tasking OS and a C compiler? Whatever human interface it has Well, I've said this before elsewhere but, multitasking is only part of the 'full kit' that many people want these days. I'm constantly talking to people who want to access their work computers at home and or their home computers at work. That means they need the remote handling functions and login handling which are generally added after the fact (ie.--kludged, as is 'BYE' in CP/M and the 'host' utilities I've seen for MS-DOS and a lot of other systems). Once you write a 'host' for a multi-tasking system, full multi-user simply doesn't take much more code (if any). OS-9 on the Color Computer is fully multi-user and I've been using it for over a year now on a 64K system. There are no disadvantages, only advantages. As for 'real Unix', well, that's more complicated. Unix isn't as efficient as OS-9 or some of the other Unix 'like' operating systems. Personally, I feel that OS-9 is freind- lier than Unix as well. However, the reason to have 'real' Unix is to allow software portability. 'C' isn't all that portable. In fact, it's not even as portable as Microsoft BASIC. >can't be any worse than UN*X. Most of the good tools associated >with UN*X are to be had elsewhere for a song. Why drag along all >of the multi-user stuff? If a computer in my bedroom didn't let >me get at a file, I'd pull its plug! Why won't your system let you get at a file (I assume your Unix system has some kind of trouble which you are referring to, otherwise, I can't see what you're talking about at all here.)? > >How about it Amiga owners, show us the Commodores worst command >syntax. I'll place my bets that they are all UN*X kindred. (Not my problem. I haven't decided whether I like Amiga yet or not. I like the Atari ST-520 so far, but ...) >-- >William H. Fuller >{decvax|ihnp4|hao}!noao!terak!anasazi!will -- James Omura, Barrister & Solicitor, Toronto ihnp4!utzoo!lsuc!jimomura