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Re: AmigaOS/UNIX - A Suggestion

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From: Peter da Silva
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 1990 12:24
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In article <1990Oct17.141554.6314@infonode.ingr.com> palmermg@infonode.ingr.com (Michael G. Palmer) writes:
> UNIX has VM and protected modes,  but AmigaDOS doesn't.  So unix may
> be protected from rampant amiga applications,  but the amiga apps still
> aren't protected from each other -- unless you run multiple copies of 
> AmigaDOS - one for each application you want to protect from each other.

So? At worst it's no worse than we have now as far as protection for Amiga
programs goes. It'd be very useful under development: can you imagine
running ADB on the core image left by AmigaOS after a guru? Or, "Oh, this
virtual Amiga has gurued: write to location 0. Damn, a null pointer...".
-- 
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: 18 Oct 90 12:24:43 GMT
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