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Article #2800Re: Multitasking on the ST
From: James E. Ward
Date: Thu, 03 Aug 1989 13:14
Date: Thu, 03 Aug 1989 13:14
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In article <34027@grapevine.uucp>, koreth@panarthea.sun.com (Steven Grimm) writes:
> (I still miss it on the ST. I *am* a techie, after all. Now that I'm more
> or less gainfully employed, I should go out and buy RTX, or finish the
> multitasking stuff I was working on way back when...)
>
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> This message is a figment of your imagination. Any opinions are yours.
> Steven Grimm Moderator, comp.{sources,binaries}.atari.st
> sgrimm@sun.com ...!sun!sgrimm
I am coming into a bit of money and am thinking about upgrading my ST
520 FM. I currently have two single sided drives and 512K. I'd like
to have a little Unix style system on my hands. I've dabbled with OSK
and am a rabid Unix fan so I know and use multitasking daily. Here's
what I'd like to know:
What multitasking kernels are available and how good are they? I use
gulam unless I have to resort to GEM and I've heard that MX2 and Gulam
work together? I tried MX2 to no avail once, is it better?
How stable/good is Minix? Does GNU stuff work under it at all?
I have a friend who is a Unix system administrator and has OSK with a
hard drive and he says that I am such a rabid Unixer that I would not
be satisfied with OSK. What do you think? Is OSK a reasonable
alternative?
RAM upgrades? I am not a hardware techie, so should I get the
solderless variety? Which one?
And at last, what about a hard-drive? Which one should I get?
Let me know, eh?
James E. Ward
f0057@uafhp.uucp Use this address or bounce!
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!apple!sun-barr!decwrl!decvax!uafhp!f0057 From: f0057@uafhp.uucp (James E. Ward) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Multitasking on the ST Summary: What is there and how well does it work? OSK, Minix, MX2? Message-ID: <5402@decvax.dec.com> Date: 3 Aug 89 13:14:07 GMT References: <8908021826.AA05333@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> <34027@grapevine.uucp> Sender: news@decvax.dec.com Organization: College of Engineering, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Lines: 38