markj (02/25/83)
In a recent issue of the Canadian computing newspaper, an article by one of their staff writers predicted that the OS battle for the 16-bit micros will be reduced to two: UN*X and Pick. Pick? It is an operating system from (who else?) Pick and Associates, and as far as the rest of the article could reveal, only runs on the ADDS Mentor series systems (not exactly common, either). I would have thought that the more traditional systems would make inroads into the 16-bit arena, like MS/DOS, CP/M-86, etc. Anyone heard of this dark horse, Pick? Still a novice, Mark Johnson Alberta Research Council
henry (03/01/83)
By this time it is axiomatic that when you ask the authors of an operating system for 16-bit micros "which 16-bit micro operating systems will survive and prevail?", the answer is "Unix and mine". Sounds like the author of that piece either works for the Pick people or has just been given the big razzle-dazzle demo and hasn't recovered his impartiality yet. Henry Spencer U of Toronto
guzis (03/03/83)
If you're in the business world at all, PICK is probably one of your favorite operating systems. Currently, the Microdata Reality series is the mini most commonly assocated with PICK. PICK features virtual addressing with file- to-memory mapped I/O and at least on the Microdatas, much of this is built into the microcode of the machine. One darned good BASIC comes with the system. - Chuck Guzis ...fortune!guzis