Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!att!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!texsun!texbell!uhnix1!sugar!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: Re: Multitasking on the ST Message-ID: <5602@ficc.uu.net> Date: 8 Aug 89 17:59:30 GMT References: <21282@louie.udel.EDU> Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 14 In article <21282@louie.udel.EDU>, XBR2D78V%DDATHD21.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu (MATHIAS GAERTNER) writes: > Think at the famous OS-9 or MIRACLE (not tested here!). They all work fine, > fast AND secure (at least OS-9). > So, good systems are possible even without a MMU! OS-9 has one huge advantage over MINIX. It was designed for systems without an MMU, so it doesn't assume you can relocate logical zero, and it doesn't have to implement fork(). On the down-side it's totally non-portable outside the 6809/68000 world. -- Peter da Silva, Xenix Support, Ferranti International Controls Corporation. Business: peter@ficc.uu.net, +1 713 274 5180. | "The sentence I am now Personal: peter@sugar.hackercorp.com. `-_-' | writing is the sentence Quote: Have you hugged your wolf today? 'U` | you are now reading"