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Article #41099Re: Something else you can't do on the Mac
From: Randy Thompson
Date: Tue, 09 Jan 1990 20:41
Date: Tue, 09 Jan 1990 20:41
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From article <818@edstip.EDS.COM>, by ohrnb@edstip.EDS.COM (Erik Ohrnberger):
> Look at it this way:
> If you buy a Mac, all you'll ever run is Finder and System.
> If you buy a PC compatible you have a choice, based on your needs:
> DOS, Unix, Xenix, Pick, PC-MOS and a whole host of others. If you needs
> change, you can change the OS to meet the new needs. If you have a Mac,
> and your needs change, you'll have to make System and Finder meet
> the need, or replacing both with something that works. If you try to
> make System and Finder meet your needs, it may or may not work.
>
> If I have a 386 PC clone, and need to get into Multi-User OS, I just by
> some memory, some disk, and some software. The Mac will never get to
> a multi-user level.
>
> The point is not that you can run multi-user OS on the PC. The point is that
> I have some alternatives, while I percieve none on the Mac side.
[Sigh] You are quite incorrect. Currently available on the mac are, of
course the standard system/finder/multifinder, System V Unix in the form
of A/UX, a unix like shell that runs under the MacOS called MacIDRIS (I
think), the all powerful and blessed DOS (ACK!!! Just say no! - Bill the
Cat) in the form of SoftPC (or, if you feel the need for more hardware,
the Orange Micro Mac286 (Mac86 for the SE)).
If I need multiuser, I go A/UX, which, by the way, also allows me to
execute native MacOS binaries. DOS even runs UNDER the MacOS, so I can
have a DOS and a Mac application running at the same time.
No flame intended, but I had to reply, some neophite might have believed
you. I suggest that you research your stuff more fully for this will surely
flood your inbox with flames.
>
> *****************************************************************************
> Erik Ohrnberger
> "Be nice to me, I'm still a Net Virgin!"
> *****************************************************************************
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<rofl! (rolling on floor laughing)>
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!smsdpg!rht From: rht@smsdpg.uu.net (Randy Thompson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Something else you can't do on the Mac Message-ID: <426@smsdpg.uu.net> Date: 9 Jan 90 20:41:17 GMT References: <818@edstip.EDS.COM> Followup-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc Organization: SMS Data Products Group, Reston VA Lines: 48