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Article #14186Re: Amiga Resource tracking & Protection.
From: David P. Schaumann
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 1990 19:32
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 1990 19:32
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In article <1990Mar12.071759.10106@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>, es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) writes: [ reams of stuff deleted ] > MOST amiga owners don't want memory protection. [ more stuff deleted ] Not me!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I think the single most obnoxious thing about the amiga is that one buggy program can (and generally will) crash the whole system. IMHO, any multitasking system based on hardware that doesn't provide memory protection is an inherantly unstable machine. Don't get me wrong. I love multitasking... as an aside, I was obliged to use a Mac a while ago, and while noticing how similar the user interface was, I wondered why I didn't see any 'click-to-back' gadgets. Then I realized: ohhhh yeah... no multitasking. So the short answer is that while I like multitasking, even on an unstable platform, it would be worth A LOT to me to see 'core dump' or 'segment fault' or some such when a program goes astray rather than 'Guru meditation... press left mouse key to reboot'. Dave dave@cs.arizona.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!noao!arizona!dave From: dave@cs.arizona.edu (David P. Schaumann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: Amiga Resource tracking & Protection. Summary: You don't speak for me... Message-ID: <134@caslon.cs.arizona.edu> Date: 12 Mar 90 19:32:44 GMT References: <208.25f3c82b@waikato.ac.nz> <1410044@hpcvca.CV.HP.COM> <1990Mar12.071759.10106@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> Organization: U of Arizona CS Dept, Tucson Lines: 22