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    Let's speculate on Virtual Memory.

    Will P-E come out with Virtual Memory Xelos anytime?  Anytime
soon?  Well maybe.  P-E is sticking pretty close to AT&T on UNIX.
AT&T is starting to distribute Unix 5.2.2 - a virtual memory system
on the 3B*s.  Perkin-Elmer is starting to implement virtual processes
under OS/32.

    What about hardware?  According to a local P-E analyst, Greg
Redmond (super sharp guy, and yes, I'm trying to get him on the net)
The instruction set of the P-E is modeled very closely after the
IBM 360 series (the every-instruction-including-the-kitchen-sink
design philosophy).  In fact, Greg says P-E has all the hardward
memory management stuff you'd ever want, just that they've never
used it.  Apparantly after they got the hardward designed they found
a niche market in real-time applications, so they've never bothered
with the virtual stuff.
    
    Will Virtual Xelos ever happen?  Maybe.  Anybody else care to
speculate on if and when it would happen?

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            Brent Laminack  (akgua!itm!brent)