Re: Virtual Memory

[Stephan Haslbeck <haslbecs@informatik.tu-muenchen.de>]

On 14 Feb 1995, Egbert Jan van den Bussche wrote:

> Hi list!
> >From the list of tonight...
> <As I see it we have a BIG problem here. MiNT without proper VM will
> <not be able to compete with f.e. Linux68k. More and more people
> <(especially the "power-users") will switch to Linux unless MiNT
> <catches up with current OS-technology. Without these "power-users"
> <there won`t be anyone left capable of further development and
> <porting of free Unix-programs.
> 
> <OTOH, if MiNT goes VM then we will loose every ST/STE/Mega-user,
> <effectively reducing the installed user-base to a couple of hundred
> 
> Sorry, but I don't see this 'BIG' problem.
> Linux is for 68030 ONLY anyyway. Dont forget that! Standard Mint *DOES* work
> on 68000 and 68020. SO why not make it an option? Apart from that I guess most
> people on the list have a falcon or, like myself, have a PAK/3-020 or -030
> fitted in their ST, which out-performs a falcon easily! 


And MiNT has one more great advantage over Linux... you can run GEM _and_ X 
programs on it! Or is there some AES-Emulator for Linux somewhere?

Ciao,
Stephan


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