jimpr@tekig.UUCP (Jim Prouty) (02/03/84)
I recently came upon this ad:
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* UNIX IS A DINOSAUR *
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* CP/M & MS-DOS ARE TOYS *
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Multi Solutions Inc Presents:
THE WORLD'S FIRST 4TH GENERATION OPERATING SYSTEM
S1 (tm)
A Serious Operating System for Today and Tomorrow
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From their literature I have extracted the following information:
Processors: 68000, 8086, 80186 (now)
80286 June 1984
16032 August 1984
General:
Real-time.
Modular configurability.
Multi-tasking.
Multiprocessing supported for up to 256 processors.
Semaphores and locks provided.
Supports "all forms of memory management, including
virtual memory".
File System:
S1 can read and write files to and from CP/M, MP/M 11,
MS-DOS, UNIX, XENIX, IBM3741, DEC Files 11, etc.
Hierarchical directories. Supports Sequential, Contiguous,
Random, and Indexed Sequential disk formats.
64-character file names.
Communications:
Networking
Bit-mapped Graphics
Screen Editing
User Interface:
Menu-driven or command driven, command processor.
"All configured versions of S1 "look" and "respond" the
same to all users, regardless of which CPUs or
configuration is used.
Languages Supported:
K&R C, BASIC, Fortran 77, Pascal.
I am in no way connected with Multi Solutions, but am interested in
hearing from anyone who has used S1 (how they liked or didn't like
it, etc.).
You can get more information by calling (609)-695-1337.
Multi Solutions, Inc.
660 Whitehead Road
Lawrenceville, NJ 08648
Remember:
"IN TIME, ONLY THE BEST WILL SURVIVE: S1"
-- Jim Prouty
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Snail Mail: Jim Prouty
Computer-Based Instrumentation Group, MS Y6-546
Tektronix, Inc.
PO Box 500
Beaverton OR 97077ab3@pucc-h (Darth Wombat) (02/06/84)
So these bozos think they have something, eh?
Well, I'm from Missouri, and ...
Right up there with the P-system ... and polyForth ... and Pick ...
I.e., a great amount of heat, but no light.
--
"Go ahead...make my day."
Darth Wombat
ARPA: rsk@purdue
UUCP: { allegra, decvax, ihnp4, harpo, seismo, teklabs, ucbvax } !pur-ee!rsksmith@umn-cs.UUCP (Richard Smith) (02/07/84)
#R:tekig:-178500:umn-cs:6900023:000:301 umn-cs!smith Feb 6 12:04:00 1984 "Next" operating system? Hah! All they're advertising is the sum of the current generation stuffed in a single package. As far as I'm concerned, a new generation must be typified by new concepts, not a potful of old ones. I might have believed them if they'd included a window manager. Rick.