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From: milamber@caen.engin.umich.edu (Daryl Scott Cantrell)
Subject: Re: Amiga Custom Chips - why hasn't C= made them faster?
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References: <CPETTERB.91Apr2105151@mickey.glacier.sim.es.com> <1991Apr2.235710.13984@news.iastate.edu>
Date: Wed, 3 Apr 1991 20:12:59 GMT

In article <1991Apr2.235710.13984@news.iastate.edu> xgr39@CCVAX.IASTATE.EDU writes:
>In article <CPETTERB.91Apr2105151@mickey.glacier.sim.es.com>, cpetterb@glacier.sim.es.com (Cary Petterborg) writes:
>[...]
>available.  It also explains many significant features -- including
>virtual memory, memory protection, resource tracking, and 
>device-independent video -- are still absent from the Amiga's O.S.
>[...]   

  What is the big deal about memory protection and resource tracking?
Sure, it might be a nice toy, but it wouldn't be real useful on a
single-user system.  Is this one of those things people want just
because Unix has it?


> / Marc Barrett       | BITNET:   XGR39@ISUVAX.BITNET      /      
>/  ISU COM S Student  | Internet: XGR39@CCVAX.IASTATE.EDU /       


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