[Coco] OS9 vs Flex

Joel Ewy jcewy at swbell.net
Sat Dec 31 12:40:19 EST 2011


On 12/31/2011 11:02 AM, Frank Swygert wrote:
> Hmmm... I seem to recall Frank Hogg's articels saying that Flex was at 
> least multi-user, if not multi-tasking. Seems like one would have to 
> go with the other, but it's possible that each user could only run one 
> task at a time instead of many... I don't recall enough!! Need to find 
> one of Hogg's Rainbow articles/ads...
>
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> Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 23:37:54 -0500
> From: gene heskett <gheskett at wdtv.com>
>
> What are Flex's limitations, contrasted with OS9?
>
> It was a dos, no multitasking.
>
>
Oh, and I think Frank Hogg's main argument was that on a 64K CoCo 1/2, 
Flex left more memory available to the user than OS-9.  But that changed 
with Level II and the CoCo 3.

JCE




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