5 Aug
2006
5 Aug
'06
1:42 p.m.
Segin wrote:
Chuck Guzis wrote:
Well all I know OS/9 for the 6809 was a REAL OS!
I expect that APPLE just picked the same name for their
OS.
On 8/5/2006 at 1:41 AM Segin wrote:
I know this. I was trying to make a comparasion with the first thing
that came to mind. If you can think of something better to compare Mac
OS 9 to, I'll be glad to hear it.
Mac OS 9 is very similar to Windows 3.1 -- no
memory protection,
co-operative multitasking, limited file structures, poor networking,
one-app's-bug-brings-it-all-down, etc.
The big difference is that OS 9 is a real operating system. Win3.1 is
basically a DPMI server with a bunch of APIs to implement windowing.
Under
the hood, it's still MS-DOS. One boots OS 9, but not Win 3.1 (or
WIn9x for
that matter)--one boots DOS. And WIn 3.1 does have memory protection; it's
just not very good.
Not in Standard (286) mode.