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In article <13785@cbmvax.commodore.com> valentin@cbmvax (Valentin Pepelea) writes:
>In article <35789@ut-emx.UUCP> lshaw@walt.cc.utexas.edu (logan shaw) writes:
>>
>>> Another problem is that even if you provide the possiblity for new
>>> applications to run protected within the environment, the fact that older
>>> programs can still jog around the address space and wreak havoc, defeats
>>> the initial purpose.

> If you cannot provide 100% memory
>protection and recoverability, then you might as well not provide it at all.
>
>You might disagree, but remember, I'm always right.  ;-)


>Indeed, coming out with a fully memory protected operating system which
>protects even old software, but remains compatible by presenting one of these
>requesters every time an illegal access happens, is technically possible.
>But these requesters would pop up several times per second, and would leave
>novice users rather confused.
>
>Another option would be to come up with an operating system that provides
                            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>full memory protection, but would allow the user to turn it on only optionally.
>Easy. But to evaluate the likelyhood of such a thing happening, you have to
>factory in the energy constant, the resistance ratio and the friction
>coefficient...

  Uh, excuse me, but this is sounding like the reasoning behind
  Microsoft's OS/2 after they looked at MS-DOS....  Things weren't
  right for protected mode, window servers, and programs that required
  more than 640K memory. (DOS and COMMAND.COM and such were taking over
  90K themselves!)

  What would a "protected mode OS" on the Amiga smell like?
  Would a protected mode OS be viable for the Amiga market?
	***  What is the Amiga Market  ***

  If you say the Amiga should compete in Markets similar to the PS/2
  world, then I say:  If there isn't an "AmigaDOS"-type OS  that
  has protected mode before Christmas 1991, I'm out of here. :-( :-( :-(
  I bought the machine for Multi-tasking, and have enjoyed its
  power and flexibility.  However, the graphics and exec had stood
  frozen almost since I bought the machine (dec 1985).  I'm very jealous
  of my friends with '386 clones showing me VGA graphics.
  
  _The Concepts_ inside of OS/2 and Presentation Manager are "one-up" on
  the Amiga.  My personal opinion is kill it [OS/2] or lose it.  Although
  the NeXT cubes aren't really selling, their software will be showing up
  on machines labeled I.B.M.

  (Maybe my depression has been brought on by SIGGRAPH -- all those
   pretty displays; 1020 x 800 x _so_ many colors.)

  This is starting to get long...  I'd like to see a capability based
  O.S. similar to Amoeba (Andy Tannenbaum, et al).  Maybe running NeWS..
  14" to 25" displays, price starting about $5000.   But that's not
  an Amiga anymore.. :-(
   
>
>Valentin
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