guy@sun.uucp (Guy Harris) (10/12/85)
> Ok, some of you UNIX-sheltered programmers need a lesson on advanced OS-9 > programming topics. OS-9 pipes can be "named" much like disk directory > files: So can System III/System V named pipes, although it's not clear that the way they're implemented in S3/S5 is the "right" way (something more like what it sounds like Version 8 has might be better). This is, at times, an interesting debate (and, at times, a religious argument), but it's not clear what it has to do with 68000s. (None of the OS-9 concepts described here have much to do with the 68000 family architecture, so nothing prevents them from being implemented on non-68000-family machines.) Guy Harris
kim@mcrware.UUCP (Kim Kempf) (10/17/85)
> argument), but it's not clear what it has to do with 68000s. (None of the > OS-9 concepts described here have much to do with the 68000 family > architecture, so nothing prevents them from being implemented on > non-68000-family machines.) > Certain aspects of OS-9 do require a minimum level of "robustness" provided by the host architecture. Many of the older MPU designs have serious deficiencies that would seriously impair the resulting OS-9 implementation, (e.g., 6502, 8086). On the other hand, some architectures would be excellent hosts for OS-9 such as the 32000 series or (yipes) the VAX. ---------------- Kim Kempf, Microware Systems Corporation {{cornell,decvax,ihnp4,sdcsvax,tektronix}!uw-beaver}\ {allegra,gatech!sb1,hplabs!lbl-csam,decwrl!sun,sunup} >!fluke!mcrware!kim {ssc-vax,hplsla,wavetek,physio,cae780,tikal,telematic}/