eezprandolin@qut.edu.au (09/10/89)
In article <3396@netmbx.UUCP>, hase@netmbx.UUCP (Hartmut Semken) writes: > In article <7827@cbmvax.UUCP> daveh@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Haynie) writes: >>in article <499@nixpbe.UUCP>, mboen@nixpbe.UUCP (Martin Boening) says: >>> Xref: cbmvax comp.sys.atari.st:19823 dnet.atari:0 > [Helios is pretty much UNIX-alike and POSIX compatible] >>What's missing is memory protection. The only way multiple tasks can be >>isolated from one another at all under Helios, or any other Transputer >>operating system, is to be running on different transputers. All other >>Workstation-type machines offer hardware memory protection on a task by >>task basis. > > True. > > But memory protection doesn't fit into the Transputer architecture (or > in my view of the ... :-) > > Well, everybody wants Unix. Given Minix (max. program size = 64k+64k) > I'd like a T212-based machine to show up. This T is less than $75 and > (kind of) binary compatible to the T414... > > If a task fits into 64k, this is the one... > > hase Huh ? Minix ST supports applications up to the amount of free memory available. Minix _PC_ is the 64k I/D limited version ( due to segments ) Minix ST is quite runnable and reasonably stable from what I have found (at least if you program by the rules :-)) (and only US $79.95 too) BOB