Message-Id:	<199703131949.NAA10946@topeka.cjnetworks.com>
Date:	Thu, 13 Mar 1997 13:52:44 -0600
From:	"Jonathan E. Brickman" <brickman AT cjnetworks DOT com>
Reply-To:	"Jonathan E. Brickman" <brickman AT cjnetworks DOT com>
To:	opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net
Subject:	Re: [opendos] JavaOS for DOS & OD
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> It's Sun's Rescue project, which is supposed to give new life to
> `obsolete' computer hardware. However, they've got a very odd idea
> of what's obsolete
> ---
> it only works on 486's and up with, I think, 16MB, but I could be wrong.

It's actually 486 and 4 MB RAM.  Not really good enough from my
perspective either.  What Sun or somebody needs to do is put a JavaPU on
an ISA card; however, nobody has talked about that yet as far as I know.

> The OpenDOS multitasker is totally useless for a Java implementation.
> It's too heavy-weight for simple threads.

Hmmmmmmmmm.  Perhaps that's something for the Wish List.  If OD
could do Java closer to natively than any other 386/486 OS, I
think that could give OD a huge usefulness in six months or so.
Less, depending on when Corel for Java is released.

Jonathan E. Brickman   River City Computing, Inc.  (913) 232-6663
http://www.cjnetworks.com/~rivercity     brickman AT cjnetworks DOT com
This is life.  Take it by the whip.

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