Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!nrl-cmf!ukma!rutgers!bellcore!texbell!uhnix1!sugar!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Operating Systems (Re: archimedes) Keywords: Archimedes, OS Message-ID: <2311@ficc.uu.net> Date: 28 Nov 88 17:09:22 GMT References: <1216@dutesta.UUCP> <2212@ficc.uu.net> <372@eutrc3.UUCP> <379@eutrc3.UUCP> Organization: SCADA Lines: 21 In article <379@eutrc3.UUCP>, rcst8@eutrc3.UUCP (Pieter Schoenmakers) writes: > Ok. Xinu is Multi-Tasking. Arthur (Archimedes' OS) is Single-Tasking. If you > strip all the Multi-Tasking stuff from the description above, you get: The quote didn't say "...all the components of a modern multi-tasking operating system...", it said "...all the components of a modern operating system...". I'm taking it at face value... without a scheduler you've just got a file system/program loader and a subroutine library. > If it interests you: In April a new version of Arthur will be released. The > name will change too: RISC OS. This OS employs cooperative multitasking > AND all the features you want :-) I've been keeping up on it. The multitasking will be implemented through the windowing system, just like Apple's "Multifinder". This is a huge kludge not worth me wasting my time on... whether it's running on a 68020 or an Acorn Risc Machine. -- Peter da Silva `-_-' Ferranti International Controls Corporation "Have you hugged U your wolf today?" uunet.uu.net!ficc!peter Disclaimer: My typos are my own damn business. peter@ficc.uu.net