Messages in this thread | | | From | (david parsons) | Subject | Re: AMIGA will use Linux, but Linux has several "multimedia-deficiencies" | Date | 10 Jul 1999 20:40:15 -0700 |
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In article <linux.kernel.Pine.GSO.4.10.9907101210020.10504-100000@weyl.math.psu.edu>, Alexander Viro <viro@math.psu.edu> wrote: > > >On Sat, 10 Jul 1999, Benno Senoner wrote: > >> > Which doesn't mix well with timesharing. >> >> But IRIX seems to be monolithic and handles realtime content quite well. > >Erm... First of all, RT != microkernel. And IIRC IRIX runs on boxen with >very smart periphs.
Irix also runs on boxes with fairly bog-standard periphs. Irix is just better designed for realtime stuff.
____ david parsons \bi/ SGI Indy & smart periphs are not two things I'd \/ associate with each other.
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