jem@hpisod2.HP.COM (Jim McCauley) (03/29/90)
In a recent posting to comp.os.minix, utility@quiche.cs.mcgill.ca
(Ronald BODKIN) writes:
Sounds like Amoeba is quite close to QNX. QNX also has the virtual machine,
the same kernal design, the same high-speed features. And QNX has years
of a good track record.
Ron
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My response:
I agree that QNX is a great operating system, but:
* it's not portable outside the Intel realm (at least to my knowledge)
* one must explicitly declare the direction of input and output
across computer "boundaries" by means of numerical naming
conventions for other platforms.
It may be necessary to do this in Amoeba as well, but Tanenbaum's
description hints at a more transparent scheme for accessing
shared resources.
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pclark@SRC.Honeywell.COM (Peter Clark) (03/13/91)
>These papers are now available for anonymous ftp from ftp.diku.dk >[129.142.96.1] in /pub/misc/amoeba-doc.tar.Z They'll also be on math.macalstr.edu within 1/2 hour. If Minnesota is closer to you than Denmark, try that site first. The people on the other side of the pond will thank you. Pete Clark