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[Web] An Octet of Operating SystemsANN.lu
Posted on 04-Sep-2002 20:05 GMT by Teemu I. Yliselä21 comments
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"With all the publicity that Windows and Linux get, you may be forgiven for not being aware of a number of other operating systems. Yet there are many other choices that I find interesting and as useful alternatives." The Byte Magazine article goes on to discuss OS/2, BeOS and the Amiga, amongst others.


Read the article
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Posted by johnny_boy on 04-Sep-2002 18:44 GMT
That page doesn't open, but this one does:
http://www.byte.com/documents/s=7572/byt1030741630741/
Intersting article for OS history buffs.
An Octet of Operating Systems : Comment 2 of 21ANN.lu
Posted by Teemu I. Yliselä on 04-Sep-2002 21:10 GMT
In reply to Comment 1 (johnny_boy):
Uhh, it opens for me...
An Octet of Operating Systems : Comment 3 of 21ANN.lu
Posted by Anonymous on 04-Sep-2002 21:13 GMT
I can't believe people are still using OS/2. I thought that died back in the early 90's. I actually had OS/2 Warp installed on my PC for a while. I hated it.
An Octet of Operating Systems : Comment 4 of 21ANN.lu
Posted by Rob on 04-Sep-2002 21:52 GMT
In reply to Comment 3 (Anonymous):
Some people think the same of Amiga. Ironic isn't it.
An Octet of Operating Systems : Comment 5 of 21ANN.lu
Posted by TBone on 04-Sep-2002 22:05 GMT
In reply to Comment 3 (Anonymous):
OS/2 is *extremely* popular these days, and will be for the forseeable future. OS/2 runs almost our entire economy, from ATM machines to POS systems to Banking all the way up to Wall St.
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Posted by cOrpse on 04-Sep-2002 22:05 GMT
In reply to Comment 4 (Rob):
Try going in a computer shop and asking for 128meg simms that will work with an amiga ... They'll start laughing then run you outta town ;).
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Posted by Hagge on 04-Sep-2002 22:39 GMT
In reply to Comment 3 (Anonymous):
OS/2 almost at the same time as AmigaOS did...
An Octet of Operating Systems : Comment 8 of 21ANN.lu
Posted by Chain|Q on 04-Sep-2002 23:25 GMT
In reply to Comment 3 (Anonymous):
I have OS/2 installed on my home peeCee here. Lives happily together with my A4kT/060. Also file sharing works well between IBMPEER and Samba. And my job is to manage a complete network of OS/2 peeCees, (around 20 machines) used for technology control, with some own-developed software, which requires 100% reliability... And OS/2 does the job. And does it well, since the early 90's. Anyway, i'm managing thoose OS/2 machines from my desktop A1200-BIV030/50... :)
So called 'Dead, obsolete and forgotten' systems rules forever! ;)
An Octet of Operating Systems : Comment 9 of 21ANN.lu
Posted by cOrpse on 05-Sep-2002 00:06 GMT
In reply to Comment 8 (Chain|Q):
What sort of "Remote Control" do you use ? I find anything except console stuff extremely slow on the amiga side , and a VNC server from the Amiga isn't much better :(.
Although under APUS i can manage just about 800x600x16 realtime remote X sessions via VNC on my 240mhz ppc :) , And accessing it via SHH ( using Putty or CRT on windows ) is extremely usable for using bitchX ...
An Octet of Operating Systems : Comment 10 of 21ANN.lu
Posted by Chain|Q on 05-Sep-2002 00:41 GMT
In reply to Comment 9 (cOrpse):
Sadly, no graphical remote control tools available to OS/2 which has a client side on Amiga. Anyway, i'm using SSHD, and Samba/IBMPEER to have control on the OS/2 machines remotely. Since the OS/2 machines are very similar to each other, i successfully automatized most of the administration tasks with some REXX scripts. So i modify config files/scripts with an Amiga editor, via Samba, and then execute it via AmTelnet/SSH. The few administration tasks which couldn't be done this way, i'm doing via NetOp from an other OS/2 machine (our DB/2 server), which is in my office near the Amiga :), or locally, but that's rare.
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Posted by cheesegrate on 05-Sep-2002 02:58 GMT
>Unlike many technology companies, Amiga has held back on preannouncing
>specifics, but remain committed to delivering promised products when
>they are ready. It's a refreshingly novel approach.
LOL
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Posted by priest on 05-Sep-2002 03:18 GMT
"Unlike many technology companies, Amiga has held back on preannouncing specifics, but remain committed to delivering promised products when they are ready. It's a refreshingly novel approach. "
Heheheeehahahaaah & LOL!
An Octet of Operating Systems : Comment 13 of 21ANN.lu
Posted by JohanR on 05-Sep-2002 04:53 GMT
In reply to Comment 3 (Anonymous):
I've heard OS/2 is very big in Germany ;)
Finally found a BeOS driver that supports HPT 370 (stupid hd controller) so I'm going to give it a try!
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Posted by pVC on 05-Sep-2002 07:33 GMT
In reply to Comment 9 (cOrpse):
X is quite fast with Amiga too. I use Xami regularly. VNC is much slower, but can be used if there isn't alternative :)
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Posted by José on 05-Sep-2002 08:26 GMT
"- ...
- Amiga, the phoenix of operating systems "
Very nice ugh? Some justice being made here:)
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Posted by Anonymous on 05-Sep-2002 09:50 GMT
In reply to Comment 15 (José):
....wrong place to ask but...
Why hasn't there been a peep out of Amiga/Hyperion about OS4/AmigaOne progress?
An Octet of Operating Systems : Comment 17 of 21ANN.lu
Posted by Anonymous on 05-Sep-2002 12:42 GMT
In reply to Comment 16 (Anonymous):
Because: "Unlike many technology companies, Amiga has held back on preannouncing specifics, but remain committed to delivering promised products when they are ready. It's a refreshingly novel approach."
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Posted by cOrpse on 05-Sep-2002 13:06 GMT
In reply to Comment 13 (JohanR):
"Finally found a BeOS driver that supports HPT 370 (stupid hd controller) so I'm going to give it a try!"
I had the HPT 366 then 370 IIRC , i can't remember needing a driver for beOS pro :\
An Octet of Operating Systems : Comment 19 of 21ANN.lu
Posted by David Shipman on 05-Sep-2002 14:08 GMT
In reply to Comment 18 (cOrpse):
Re : BeOS IDE
If the IDE controller is built-in to your motherboard, then it should just get handled as 'native' (no additional setup/drivers required).
However, the IDE replacement driver on BeBits (as referred to by the previous comment), which provides support for ATA100, command queuing, and other newer IDE tech - also gives significant speed benefits.
Its one of my 'must have' components for a fresh BeOS install...
An Octet of Operating Systems : Comment 20 of 21ANN.lu
Posted by Charlie on 05-Sep-2002 15:43 GMT
In reply to Comment 5 (TBone):
>OS/2 is *extremely* popular these days, and will be for the forseeable future. >OS/2 runs almost our entire economy, from ATM machines to POS systems to >Banking all the way up to Wall St.
Where are you getting your info from? I am a Network Administrator on Wall Street... worst case scenario is WinNT4.0! OS/2 is *not* extremely popular at least from my view point.
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Posted by Alan Croft on 06-Sep-2002 14:02 GMT
In reply to Comment 20 (Charlie):
They should use a Cat for the logo. It is life number 4 or 5 about now?
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