peter@sugar.UUCP (Peter da Silva) (07/04/88)
VMS is a serious resource hog. I'll take RSX-11M over VMS any day. It's smaller, faster (LSI-11 with RSX beats Microvax with VMS any day), and RSX actually has a *useful* system monitor. It'd be pretty easy to port an RSX-like operating system to the ST. RSX supports unmapped memory, too, though you need to write position-independent code. -- -- `-_-' Peter (have you hugged your wolf today?) da Silva. -- U Mail to ...!uunet!sugar!peter, flames to /dev/null. -- "Running DOS on a '386 is like driving an Indy car to the Stop-N-Go"
jbs@fenchurch.MIT.EDU (Jeff Siegal) (07/04/88)
In article <2247@sugar.UUCP> peter@sugar.UUCP (Peter da Silva) writes: >VMS is a serious resource hog. Yeah, right. >I'll take RSX-11M over VMS any day. t's >smaller Who cares? Sure, it's nice to fit a ship into a bottle, but if I'm going on a cruise, I'd rather take the QE2 (if I'm trying to get from point A to point B, I'll probably take an airplane). >faster (LSI-11 with RSX beats Microvax with VMS any day) Even if true, so what? What do you do when you outgrow your "LSI-11" (I assume you mean the J-11)? Network? Are you going to claim that RSX networking is superior, too? Also, don't forget about the MicroVAX-3000 series. Jeff Siegal
jsp@sp7040.UUCP (John Peters) (07/05/88)
In article <9629@eddie.MIT.EDU>, jbs@fenchurch.MIT.EDU (Jeff Siegal) writes: <^> In article <2247@sugar.UUCP> peter@sugar.UUCP (Peter da Silva) writes: <^> >VMS is a serious resource hog. <^> <^> Yeah, right. <^> <^> >I'll take RSX-11M over VMS any day. t's <^> >smaller <^> <^> Who cares? Sure, it's nice to fit a ship into a bottle, but if I'm <^> going on a cruise, I'd rather take the QE2 (if I'm trying to get from <^> point A to point B, I'll probably take an airplane). <^> <^> >faster (LSI-11 with RSX beats Microvax with VMS any day) <^> <^> Even if true, so what? What do you do when you outgrow your "LSI-11" <^> (I assume you mean the J-11)? Network? Are you going to claim that <^> RSX networking is superior, too? Also, don't forget about the <^> MicroVAX-3000 series. <^> This conversation is quickly leading nowhere. I'm sorry I replied to the person who supports VMS earlier. If it doesn't apply to the ST, this is the wrong place for the discussion. Lets talk about how to improve the ST not fight on which other operating system is best. -- Johnnie --
peter@sugar.UUCP (Peter da Silva) (07/09/88)
In article <445@sp7040.UUCP>, jsp@sp7040.UUCP (John Peters) writes: % In article <9629@eddie.MIT.EDU>, jbs@fenchurch.MIT.EDU (Jeff Siegal) writes: % <^> In article <2247@sugar.UUCP> peter@sugar.UUCP (Peter da Silva) writes: % <^> >I'll take RSX-11M over VMS any day. t's % <^> >smaller % <^> Who cares? Sure, it's nice to fit a ship into a bottle, but if I'm % <^> going on a cruise, I'd rather take the QE2 (if I'm trying to get from % <^> point A to point B, I'll probably take an airplane). The point is that you can't fit VMS on the ST, but RSX would fit just fine. The Amiga O/S is very similar to RSX (with a much less chaotic file system), and it runs just fine on a 68000 with no MMU. % This conversation is quickly leading nowhere. I'm sorry I % replied to the person who supports VMS earlier. If it doesn't apply to % the ST, this is the wrong place for the discussion. Lets talk about how % to improve the ST not fight on which other operating system is best. Sorry, I thought that's what I was doing. I'm only an ex-STer, but I'm trying to help. -- -- `-_-' Peter (have you hugged your wolf today?) da Silva. -- U Mail to ...!uunet!sugar!peter, flames to /dev/null. -- "Running DOS on a '386 is like driving an Indy car to the Stop-N-Go"