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Re:A secret call to Andy Grove that may have helped Apple bu... by icedchai on Thursday March 19, 2020 @10:56PM (#22634213)
Yes, the Amiga had preemptive multitasking, but no memory protection, and the situation wasn't really any better. A single rogue process could bring down the whole system by overwriting parts of the OS.
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Re:A secret call to Andy Grove that may have helped Apple bu... by pjmlp on Friday March 20, 2020 @04:44AM (#22636050)
Guru Meditation :)
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