Re: MISC-d Digest V00 #20; Linux+Toas+Mips.

["Wayne Morellini" <waynemm@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Vic and Eugene Leitl, have a look at.

http://www.amiga.com/press/zine/4-17-00/AW1.htm

Believe it or not the new Amiga OS is based on Toas and sits ontop of Linux, 
and have a database file system that sounds simular to Be-os.  The location 
resource abstraction layer is excellent and Java compatability seem to make 
MS Windows NT/CE look a bit dated.

Yes this is an OS I could buy and support.  Even the Java engine runs at 
around 50k compiled from there Virtual code, a good conversion for Misc (it 
will eun slowly but it will run).

For the person looking at making a Mips based machine this would be an 
excellent choice.

Read the articles sounds simular to the objectives (design and technologies) 
I had for my OS scheme.

Vic-
-Although my target applications typically require real-time signal
-processing and visual graphics, the "excess transistors" neccessary
-to meet the performance requirements can be implemented as
-specialized I/O co-processors, i.e. a MISC CPU core can still run -theshow.

This is exactlyy what I'm depending on in my own thinking to reduce the 
instruction set to a controller function and transfer streamilined high 
powered needs to streamline minimised hardware systems.

Have to leave.

Wayne


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