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From: "McDoobie" <chris@dont.spam.me>
Subject: Re: Ada OS talk (was: ADA os talk)(and now is "About you guys".)
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In article <mailman.999541804.22557.comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org>, "M. A.
Alves" <maa@liacc.up.pt> wrote:

>> > Why not set a goal of a kernel that handles scheduling of processes
>> > tasks on from one to N processors?
> 
> The resulting product would be fine, but to get things started in the
> current context you should aim low.  1 processor.  More over, a specific
> processor and architecture (PC Pentium I?).  Also, a small set of
> devices: ROM, RAM, keyboard, screen.  That was the ADX project approach.
>  Even thou they missed the Ada-France contest, I still think they did
> something
> (guys?)  and that the approach was the correct one for an hobby OS.
> 

I dont know about you guys...but I'm installing Plan9 so as to research it
for ideas that can be incorporated into an Ada Kernel/OS.

Wouldn't hurt to dig through some of these other systems for ideas that we
can make better.

Laters.

McDoobie chris@dont.spam.me