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Article #2627Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....???
From: Christopher C. Wood
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 1996 17:55
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 1996 17:55
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In article <4cfk8i$g5e@steel.interlog.com>, daveacg@interlog.com (Dave Glue) writes: |> On 3 Jan 1996 20:54:05 GMT, christw@meaddata.com (Christopher C. Wood) |> wrote: |> >I see. A brand-new fully preemptive, protected-memory microkernal |> >operating system backward-compatible with todays' applications is |> >"little new technology". Whatever you say, cap'n. |> You apparently have news that we don't. Only news that you choose to ignore. |> It is not fully pre-emptive. Preemption in Copland will work more reliably than preemption in Win95. In Win95, a 16-bit app can grab the system, and not let go. Nothing runs. In Copland, nothing short of a kernel crash will prevent the preemptive tasks from continuing. |> Old Mac apps are multitasked co-operatively, and the toolbox routines |> are apparently not pre-emptive as well. Old news. I never said they would be. Chris -- Speaking only for myself, of course. Chris Wood christw@lexis-nexis.com ChrisCWood@eworld.com
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!newsjunkie.ans.net!newshost!meaddata!christw From: christw@meaddata.com (Christopher C. Wood) Newsgroups: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.intel,alt.2600 Subject: Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....??? Date: 4 Jan 1996 17:55:09 GMT Organization: LEXIS-NEXIS, Dayton OH Message-ID: <4ch49t$ang@meaddata.lexis-nexis.com> References: <m.duran-1611950252110001@port19.codetel.net.do> <49gkhp$3ag@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <30c6ee29.1582369@news.metronet.com> <1995Dec18.145106.44180@ac.dal.ca> <jragosta-1812951544340001@ppp-1017.dca.net> <4bpgk6$jc1@vodka.intele.net> <4bvd1r$qn3@sloth.swcp.com> <brw-2912951023390001@dallas28.dfw.net> <adtDKD2D7.8Fw@netcom.com> <philw-3012951518520001@philw.users.xplor.com> <30e5f7e7.2440179@news.metronet.com> <4c7ltf$qv8@bandit.cyberwar.com> <30e7ed1c.50295535@news.metronet.com> <30E7B855.4D69@ix.netcom.com> <linger-0101961329420001@linger.norden1.com> <adtDKKpFq.IC4@netcom.com> <4ceqdd$pbq@meaddata.lexis-nexis.com> <4cfk8i$g5e@steel.interlog.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dolphin.lexis-nexis.com