#: 7067 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    30-Sep-90  10:07:40
Sb: #6927-#Atari ST
Fm: Bud Hamblen 72466,256
To: Pete Lyall 76703,4230 (X)

68000 Minix isn't restricted to a 64k process space.  Actually, 8086 Minix has
a 64K instruction space and a 64K data space in its latest incarnation (I
believe).  Unfortunately, since the ST doesn't have hardware memory management,
and Minix C doesn't produce PIC, so they have to go through all sorts of
gyrations to relocate programs in memories and do context switches.  Anyhow,
Minix is a lot cheaper than OS-9, which means a lot to a hobbyist.  For
commercial or industrial applications, OS-9 wins hands down.

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