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Re: AmigaOS/UNIX - A Suggestion

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From: Peter da Silva
Date: Sat, 13 Oct 1990 23:40
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In article <324@pdxgate.UUCP> griffith@eecs.cs.pdx.edu (Michael Griffith) writes:
> I didn't mean that you wouldn't want to run AmigaOS at all, just not at the
> same time. There's no reason why you couldn't choose which to boot under.

The thing is, UNIX is multiuser. If I'm running UNIX I don't *want* to reboot
it. Like, ever.

> Really? Hmmm. I would think it would be hard to run A/UX (or AU/X or
> whatever) and the Mac OS at the same time due to the nature of Macintosh
> ROM calls and whatnot (according to my 68030 reference guide it's pretty
> awful).

"32-bit clean" Mac applications can run under A/UX.

> Oh well. I still don't see the advantage. Now sharing files I can
> see the desire for.

If I wanted to reboot the computer to run a program I'd have bought an IBM-PC.
-- 
Peter da Silva.   `-_-'
<peter@sugar.hackercorp.com>.
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From: peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: AmigaOS/UNIX - A Suggestion
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Date: 13 Oct 90 23:40:25 GMT
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