cb29#@andrew.cmu.edu (Chad Kavanaugh Bisk) (03/07/87)
ReSent-From: postman#@andrew.cmu.edu ReSent-To: nntp-xmit#@andrew.cmu.edu Return-path: <cb29#@andrew.cmu.edu> To: outnews#ext.nn.comp.sys.amiga@andrew.cmu.edu Newsgroup: comp.sys.amiga >Mike - > > How can you say the Amiga 1000 (or even the 2000) is a better >machine?!? >The Mac II moves almost 4 times as fast! They can put a software coded, >multi-tasking op-system in there and it'll still run 2 to 3 times as fast. > > Oh when is the A3000 going to come out with a real 68020? > > -- Chad > >Who needs an address anyway (-: I would like to apologize for my incredibly poor use of the english language in writing this message. I meant to imply that the A2000 just isn't powerful enough for my personal uses (neither is a Mac-II) and that I wished Commodore would come out with something standard that had an '020 with an '881 on the board leaving the CPU slot open for something more useful like a good MMU (68851 or something) or maybe a really fast accelerator board. I had heard rumors of one such machine (anybody remember the ranger) and was wondering when it would come out (albeit rather sarcastically). As to multi-tasking w/o hardware support, I have heard of good multi-tasking (Unix system clones) systems written for the XT! How hard would it be to write something comparable for the Mac-II? Some people have told me that it would be much more costly than acceptable, but still... I wonder. Again, my apologies for cluttering up the bboard with such an offending message. I laugh myself (and shudder a bit) whenever I reread it. Thanks also for not also filling up the board with computer flame wars. -- Chad -------------- -- I don't really know where I am (but the mailer should :-) --------------
grr@cbmvax.UUCP (03/08/87)
In article <MS.V3.18.cb29.8002110f.carlisle.ibm032.819.0@andrew.cmu.edu> cb29#@andrew.cmu.edu (Chad Kavanaugh Bisk) writes: > >Mike - > > > > How can you say the Amiga 1000 (or even the 2000) is a better machine?!? > >The Mac II moves almost 4 times as fast! They can put a software coded, > >multi-tasking op-system in there and it'll still run 2 to 3 times as fast. > > > > Oh when is the A3000 going to come out with a real 68020? > > > I would like to apologize for my incredibly poor use of the english language > in writing this message. I meant to imply that the A2000 just isn't powerful > enough for my personal uses (neither is a Mac-II) and that I wished Commodore > would come out with something standard that had an '020 with an '881 on the > board leaving the CPU slot open for something more useful like a good MMU > (68851 or something) or maybe a really fast accelerator board. I had heard > rumors of one such machine (anybody remember the ranger) and was wondering > when it would come out (albeit rather sarcastically). All I can suggest is for you to wait and what we and others come up with for that "MMU" slot. Since Apple traditionally "does everything in software", their speed advantage may turn out to be illusory. It is probable that some time in the future we'll do a 68020 on the board A9999 or something, but for now, everybody is going flat out on A500 and A2000 related work. > As to multi-tasking w/o hardware support, I have heard of good multi-tasking > (Unix system clones) systems written for the XT! How hard would it be to > write something comparable for the Mac-II? Some people have told me that it > would be much more costly than acceptable, but still... I wonder. Check out the interest in Andrew Tannenbaum's "MINIX" operating system. I expect that ports for the Amiga, ST and MAC will be along before too long. I don't think it will displace the native operating systems, however it does provide an alternative and since it comes with source code, anybody can hack on it as suits their interest. It's talked about in comp.os.mixix... -- George Robbins - now working for, uucp: {ihnp4|seismo|rutgers}!cbmvax!grr but no way officially representing arpa: cbmvax!grr@seismo.css.GOV Commodore, Engineering Department fone: 215-431-9255 (only by moonlite)
JKT100@PSUVM.BITNET (JKT) (01/19/90)
In a recent post, I let loose with a slew of what I now know to be
misinformation about the Commodore 2091 hard drive controller.
Please disregard any information you may have gleaned from my post
- little or none of it was correct at all, and I formally apologize
for any problems I may have caused anybody.
To correct myself: The 2091 *is* shipping and has been for quite a
few months. It is not being recalled - there are no problems with
the board at all - feel free to ask anyone with one.
*** We now return you to your regularly scheduled newsgroup ***
Kurt
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