Re: multi-tasking on an 8-bit Apple II?

[Roy and/or Janet Miller <millers@inetnebr.com>]

Somewhere around here I have an email from C.T. Turley giving me an
address for Manx. I have one bad disk on my copy of Aztec C for the Mac,
and I need to have that disk replaced/repaired (something about a fork
being damaged.)

Roy

Phoenyx wrote:

> Lack of common interrupts is why GEOS had an optional interrupt
> board. The most common interrupt is the mouse system but since most
> IIE systems weren't equipped with them, they had to make a
> substitute.
>
> It would be possible to create a *nix style system but I think it
> would have to be based on a pseudo CPU similar to Aztec C or Hyper C
> systems. For best use, it should use a 128k IIE minimum system. These
> seem to be really common now. Anyhow, this would allow for better
> separation of the system stack and the 65c02 stack. It is a little
> slower, but not extremely so. With some decent programmers working
> on it, and some tight code, this would be quite possible.
>
> For that matter, the Aztec system is pretty close in feel, it doesn't
> have the directory structure but many of it's commands are similar.
> Couple that with the programs from Phade and it's a really cool
> system to work in. The only problem with Aztec, I can't locate Manx
> anywhere. All resources I have seem to be invalid. Too bad, it is a
> great system for learning C style programming on the 8 bit systems.
>
> --
>
> Thank you for your time and interest. I hope it was helpful
> or at least interesting.
>
> Phoenyx,
>
> Apple2 user since March 1984
>
> Links to Phoenyx's pages:
> preferred..... http://zip.to/Phoenyx_A2
> alternate..... http://www.tinyangeldesigns.com/Apple2