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!lsuc!jimomura From: jimomura@lsuc.UUCP (Jim Omura) Newsgroups: net.micro.68k Subject: Re: Re: Re: Info on OS9 Operating System Message-ID: <909@lsuc.UUCP> Date: Tue, 12-Nov-85 00:11:20 EST Article-I.D.: lsuc.909 Posted: Tue Nov 12 00:11:20 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 12-Nov-85 00:45:44 EST References: <347@wlbr.UUCP> <9500001@datacube.UUCP> <375@graffiti.UUCP> <898@lsuc.UUCP> <417@graffiti.UUCP> Reply-To: jimomura@lsuc.UUCP (Jim Omura) Organization: Barrister & Solicitor, Toronto Lines: 35 Summary: CP/M is Not Cheaper In article <417@graffiti.UUCP> peter@graffiti.UUCP (Peter da Silva) writes: >> Well, first of all, as I've said before, a Gimix Level II system >> (which is the one I'd probably use) has memory management, and dedicated >> IO processors for that matter. But memory management isn't that much >> an issue when you consider we're talking about word processing and possibly >> a bit of database stuff -- *not* development work. End users running >> say Databank and Stylograph don't need to worry about memory management. >> It simply wouldn't help even if you had it. > >(1) There are no bug-free programs. >(2) I *AM* talking about development work. If all you're doing is running >canned software you might as well stick with CP/M... it's a lot cheaper than >either OS/9 or UNIX. >-- >Name: Peter da Silva >Graphic: `-_-' >UUCP: ...!shell!{graffiti,baylor}!peter >IAEF: ...!kitty!baylor!peter Peter my man, you know not of what you speak. I run *both* OS-9 and CP/M (I have *2* CP/M systems) and CP/M is not appreciably cheaper. Even if it were, there are definite advantages to OS-9 memory management (the terminology has been getting sloppy here and I'm in part to blame) which handles memory in 2K or 4K pages and arranges them in variable allocations as needed. Cheers! -- Jim O. -- James Omura, Barrister & Solicitor, Toronto ihnp4!utzoo!lsuc!jimomura Byte Information eXchange: jimomura Compuserve: 72205,541 MTS at WU: GKL6