tcamp@ecsvax.UUCP (Ted A. Campbell) (06/29/87)
Has anyone tried the Beckemeyer multitasking shell for the STs? I'd be interested in hearing reactions.
jmc@ptsfa.UUCP (Jerry Carlin) (06/29/87)
In article <3462@ecsvax.UUCP> tcamp@ecsvax.UUCP (Ted A. Campbell) writes: >Has anyone tried the Beckemeyer multitasking shell for the STs? >I'd be interested in hearing reactions. I'm used it a bit and am mostly happy with it. There are a lot of UNIX-like utilities that come as a part of it and I appreciate the ability to run 'gem' programs. Beckmeyer (and his BBS) are very approachable. There are a few bugs (but what else is new :-). I recommend it. On the other hand, MINIX will be out for the ST within a few months (I think) so you might want to wait depending on if you care about being able to run GEM programs under your "shell". Actually, I assume I'll be using both eventually. -- voice: (415) 823-2441 uucp: {ihnp4,lll-crg,ames,qantel,pyramid}!ptsfa!jmc Where am I? In the village. Whose side are you on? That would be telling.
gert@nikhefh.UUCP (Gert Poletiek) (06/30/87)
In article <3462@ecsvax.UUCP> tcamp@ecsvax.UUCP (Ted A. Campbell) writes: > >Has anyone tried the Beckemeyer multitasking shell for the STs? >I'd be interested in hearing reactions. I've tried it one afternoon sometime ago. It looks nice on the outside, but has too many disadvantages to be useful: - it takes up far too much memory - memory will fragmented in no time if you run a background job - (Tools) TeX and Absoft FORTRAN (and a number of other applications) cannot be run by it. With the quality of ST applications improving I kinda forgot where the reset button is located; after experimenting with the multitasking shell I knew exactly where the reset button is. Gert Poletiek.